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5.6/10 • 82

1988-09-161h 42m

ComedyRomanceCrime

He'll steal your heart

Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.

Directors
David Green
Writters
Colin Shindler
Editors
Colin Shindler, Lesley Walker

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  1. Phil Collins

    Phil Collins

    Buster Edwards

  2. Julie Walters

    Julie Walters

    June Edwards

  3. Larry Lamb

    Larry Lamb

    Bruce Reynolds

  4. Ralph Brown

    Ralph Brown

    Ronny Biggs

  5. Christopher Ellison

    Christopher Ellison

    George

  6. Sheila Hancock

    Sheila Hancock

    Mrs. Rothery

  7. Martin Jarvis

    Martin Jarvis

    Inspector Jack Mitchell

  8. Anthony Quayle

    Anthony Quayle

    Sir James McDowell

  9. Michael Byrne

    Michael Byrne

    Poyser

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CinemaSerf

Dec 30, 2024

6/10

Well at least Phil Collins got a few hits from this, but otherwise it's a really lacklustre and meandering telling of a story that rocked Britain in 1963. He (the eponymous Edwards) and his pals come up with a dastardly scheme to stop Her Majesty's Royal Mail train just after a bank holiday and relieve it of some £2.5 millions in cash. He's not really a nasty man, just a petty larcenist who tries to support his collusive wife (Julie Walters) and his daughter. With another child on the way, though, he needs to up his game and so devises this plan which goes off remarkably smoothly. As ever with heist films though, it's never the robbery that causes the problems - it's the aftermath. That's where the wheels start to come off as the gang are slowly apprehended - all but "Buster" who has managed to stay one step ahead of his pursuers. How long can they stay living in the shadows for? He is coping well enough, but she clamours for an ordinary existence for her and her daughter and reconciling this with their likely future puts enormous strain on the marriage. Something will have to give! Perhaps had this been made in monochrome and used a better ensemble cast, it might have managed to capture more of the audaciousness of their crime. As it is, though, it combines a motley collection of B-list television actors and gives them some overly verbose dialogue to deliver as this starts off quite intriguingly but ends up soapy, stodgy and dull. Even the usually lively Walters can't really inject much into this plodding affair that's left all to often to Colins - and he's just not much good.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
mexicorobberyscotland yardbased on true storyheisttraintrain robbery1960s