First Great Train Robbery, The
Date: 1979
Director: Michael Crichton
Production Company: Starling Films
Stars: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Leslie-Anne Down, Michael Elphick, Wayne Sleep
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, County Cork, County Dublin, Westmeath
Region(s): Ireland, South East E-L
Storyline:
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train. JT
Additional Information:
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- Capture 1
- 28 Jun 2012
The clue, the sign that says London Bridge Station is there to fool the unwary. Somewhere in Ireland, Dublin perhaps.
Heuston Station, Dublin, David and Andrew Brennan
- Capture 2
- 28 Jun 2012
Inside of said London Bridge Station, but likely to be inside Heuston Station in Dublin, Ireland. The station is features in 'Taffin' and 'I See a Dark Stranger'.
Heuston Station, Dublin. Andrew & David Brennan.
- Capture 3
- 17 Oct 2012
A fine house
Portico outside the east entrance to Heatherden Hall, Pinewood Studios. Simon Mills
- Capture 4
- 17 Oct 2012
......another shot
Heatherden Hall, Pinewood Studios. Simon Mills. Excellent.
- Capture 5
- 28 Jun 2012
Heuston station.
The dynamic duo strike again, well done chaps!
- Capture 6
- 28 Jun 2012
A reverse shot
David and Andrew sussed this one.
- Capture 7
- 15 Jan 2020
The office above the platform.

This is looking up to where the set would have stood. (PW)
- Capture 8
- 28 Jun 2012
Platform. roof detail and office. What more detail can we give you?
D & A
- Capture 9
- 28 Jun 2012
Supposed to be London Bridge Station...Ho Ho Ho...maybe a building in Dublin that you can identify?
Still tearing around Heuston Station, Dublin, David & Andrew
- Capture 10
- 28 Jun 2012
.....another view of "London Bridge Station".
....which it ain't, and well proven by Andrew and David.
- Capture 11
- 28 Jun 2012
.......surely known to Dubliners.
...and to our two sleuths!
- Capture 12
- 15 Jan 2020
Inside Heuston station with offices to the north of the building in the left background.

Seen from inside the coffee bar, the office block's stonework is still on view. (PW)
- Capture 13
- 15 Jan 2020

A repeat of the previous capture . . . . .

. . . . just to show the background building. (PW)
- Capture 14
- 15 Jan 2020
. . . and stairs leading to the office.

Replacing the Brennan brothers' longer shot of the location, this is roughly where the set was built. (PW)
- Capture 15
- 29 Jun 2012
A courtyard, maybe Trinity College, Dublin
Bank of Ireland, Dublin. David & Andrew. The "W" is a sign for the waxworks show. Perhaps a few of the bankers should be slowly dipped into the hot fat!
- Capture 16
- 19 Aug 2012
A station, twin track. Main line? Could this be Moate station in Westmeath?
Moate Station, Co. Westmeath 1851-1987. Photo by David Brennan. Area fenced off, so this is as close as he could get (though Mr. Connery would have jumped it!). Text by brother Andrew.
- Capture 17
- 19 Aug 2012
.....another perspective.
Moate Station by David Brennan. Buildings (more discernible in original pics)framed by bridge are those on right of train in 008a.
- Capture 18
- 19 Aug 2012
Can you take a photo to prove, or disprove?
Moate Station by David Brennan. Impossible now to get a match for 008b (itself a reverse shot of train going beyond the bridge). However "E" for effort, and thanks also to Andrew.
- Capture 19
- 28 Aug 2012
But which terminal station is this? Any trainspotters out there? Peter Wilton says; Cork Station, platform for local trains to Cobh.
Deliberately shot in B&W to give a period "feel", excellent creative work".........but let's not have too much more "imagination". Cork Kent Station, Cork, Ireland. David and Andrew Brennan.
- Capture 20
- 28 Aug 2012
....reverse shot.
David again.
- Capture 21
- 28 Aug 2012
Outside said station, note the curve of the buildings. Peter Wilton tells us; Cork Station, Ireland
David took the pic, a 600 mile round trip! And Andrew gets half the credit! MMMmmmmm.... Cork, Kent Station.
- Capture 22
- 28 Aug 2012
...same place, different view.
David and Andrew stike again. This double act reminds me of the reason that here in Italy the Carabinieri always go around in pairs. One who reads, and one who writes.....they say!
- Capture 23
- 28 Aug 2012
.....one more time
Forth and final in a set. Game and match to the Brennans.
- Capture 24
- 28 Jun 2012
The Courthouse.
Trinity College Dublin, spotted and snapped by David and Andrew
- Capture 25
- 28 Jun 2012
Is this Trinity again? Confirmed as such by Ann Wilson who watched the filming in summer '78.
Yes, well done D & A
- Capture 26
- 28 Jun 2012
.....Trinity College, Dublin, which can also be seen in 'Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx', 'The Blue Max', 'Shake Hands with the Devil', 'Das Schwarze Schaf' and 'Ulysses'.
.... and yes again, A & D

