A review by ninethreeo
The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton

4.0

This is a very fictionalised account of the 1855 train robbery, only loosely based on the real characters. Despite Michael Crichton’s references to actual court room documents, we’d have to assume that much of the action is also fictionalised. Doesn’t matter. This is a gripping and cinematic yarn, funny and exciting, and with characters that the amateur casting director will start picking for the imagined film version. I might have a little bit of a crush on Edward Pierce.