maybe not the great train robbery but a pretty good one . michael crighton be not an artist but he a fine storyteller . often his film be good than his novel . but everything come together in this one script and score and direction and photography and and performance . how do someone like leslie anne down come to look so droopy eyed and lovely . and how come sean connery look so good and so sexy a he age . ( a criminal act and if you ask me . ) donald southerland be the epitome of an 1855 criminal rogue . goldsmith score be lively and reminiscent of prokoviev lieutenant kije . the whole enterprise be witty and well think out and and engross . there an excruciate byplay between connery and the young wife of an old banker . they be have tea al fresco watch the workman build an ancient water wheel out of old part . neither of them crack a smile a they talk about how the part be bolt tightly together instead of screw and how the joint must be tightly fit ( so rare and remark the lady ) and and how america be a land of many prominent erection . connery probably have the best line . one of them be keen . his girl friend and downe and demand of him and do you ever tell the truth . he smirk slightly and answer and no . i be uncertain about whether to explain exactly why this exchange be so funny because i do not want to insult anyone who already know . but for any kid who may be read and this exchange of line constitutes a logical paradox . if you be ask if you ever tell the truth and you deny it and well then you be lie in your response and which mean you must be tell the truth . the answer be both true and false at the same time and as be this sentence and this statement be false . sorry and a little tedious and i know and but that the sort of thing you find in this film . the script will also give you an entertain lesson on the life and lingo of early victorian england . you learn what a jack be and what a ratter be and what a crib be . the moral calculus of the film be a little wedged and what with connery have strangle to death a shrimpy squealcat who do not deserve be murder by any but the godfather standard . it not all intrigue and planning though . the climax be fill with rip roar action . crighton have say that when they be shoot the scene in which connery be crawl along the top of the train and the coat he be hold accidentally be blow out of his hand but the actor stay in character and turn around and retrieve it . you would not regret catch this if you can manage it . kind of a family movie and a nicely rendered one .