The Great British Train Robbery

The Great British Train Robbery Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse Modern German DVD Cover Country West Germany Directed by John Olden Claus Peter Witt Release Date February 8, 1966 Language German Studio Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) Real-Film GmbH Stella Films Main Cast Character Actor Michael Donegan Horst Tappert Patrick Kinsey Hans Cossy Archibald Arrow Günther Neutze Geoffrey Black Karl-Heinz Hess Tomas Webster Hans Reiser Gerald Williams Rolf Nagel Harold McIntosh Wolfgang Weiser George Slowfoot Harry Engel Dennis MacLeod Siegfried Lowitz

The Great British Train Robbery is a 1966 German television three-parter which was filmed from the beginning of 1965. The film describes the spectacular mail train robbery in Great Britain on August 8, 1963, which was planned and executed by a general staff and brought the perpetrators a record haul of £ 2,631,684 (about 59 million pounds sterling or 75 million Dollars in today's value). 50 kilometers from its destination in London, Her Majesty's Mail train is ambushed on August 8, 1963. During the spectacular robbery, the masked men take over 2.6 million pounds sterling. While the police launch a manhunt, the first tensions arise within the so-called Gentlemen's Gang.

The following weapons were used in the miniseries The Great British Train Robbery:

Submachine Guns

IMI Uzi

One of the "Breakout committee" members in the third episode carries an IMI Uzi with a wooden buttstock. Due to a continuity error, another member is also seen with a Uzi.

IMI Uzi with buttstock extended - 9x19mm

IMI Uzi with detachable wood buttstock - 9x19mm

The man in center holds the Uzi with the wooden stock.

The two members with their Uzis.

A closer view of one Uzi after the successful mission.

Sten Mk. II

A Sten Mk II is carried by one of the criminals.

Sten Mark II - 9x19mm

The man on the right points his Sten.

The Sten is seen on the left.

Another better view of the Sten.

Sten Mk. III

Before and after the prison escape, a third man is seen using a Sten Mk III which changes to a Uzi.

Sten Mark III - 9x19mm

The Sten Mk. III is seen held by the right man. Note the thicker barrel.

The stock is seen after the prison escape.