Buster (1988)

Duration: 1'36'08''

Synopsis

Lively biopic telling the story of Great Train Robber Buster Edwards, a small-timer who fell in with more ambitious thieves. After the gang robs a London to Glasgow Royal Mail train in 1963, Edwards takes his family into hiding in Mexico but finds that money is no substitute for life back home.

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