Great Train Robbery (1963) Valley Police Force (the modern-day successor to Buckinghamshire Constabulary). Fewtrell was assisted and later succeeded in the investigation by John Woolley, who served in the Buckinghamshire Constabulary from 1959 to 1984. George Hatherill (1898–1986) had his service extended by one year because of the need to complete the investigation of the Great Train Robbery. He visited Canada and the USA as a lecturer on police matters. He died on 17 June 1986 at the age of 87. Gerald MacArthur died aged 70 years on 21 July 1996. He was famous for breaking up the Richardson Gang at a time when
The Great Train Robbery (1903 film) Bank Robbery" (1904, also produced by Lubin) and "The Hold-Up Of The Rocky Mountain Express" (1906). Porter himself tried to re-capture his previous success with "The Life of an American Cowboy" (1906) and a parody of "The Great Train Robbery" titled "The Little Train Robbery" (1905), with an all-child cast (in which a larger gang of bandits holds up a mini train to steal their dolls and candy). The Great Train Robbery (1903 film) The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent short Western film written, produced, and directed by Edwin S. Porter, a former Edison Studios cameraman. Actors