Robbery

Peter Yates

Paul Clifton hires a group of criminals to plan the robbery of the century: the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.

Crew

Director

Peter Yates
Production

Stanley Baker & Michael Deeley
Script

Edward Boyd, Peter Yates & George Markstein
Cinematography

Douglas Slocombe
Editing

Reginald Beck
Music

Johnny Keating

Cast

Stanley Baker
James Booth
Barry Foster
William Marlowe
Frank Finlay
Clinton Greyn
Joanna Pettet
George Sewell

Information

Origin

United Kingdom
Copy

Restored version
Year

1967
Duration

1h54
Language

English with French subtitles

Peter Yates
(1929 – 2011)

He started his career as an assistant director. He made his feature debut with the musical Summer Holiday in 1963. His filmography is very diverse, including romance (John & Mary, 1969), war (Murphy’s War, 1971), action film (The Deep, 1977) or thrillers (Bullitt, 1968, Breaking Away, 1972, Eyewitness, 1981…).