Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "mail-train"

1. White Heat (1949)

Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly

Votes: 35,883

2. The Great Train Robbery (2013)

Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.

Stars: Robert Glenister, Jack Roth, Luke Evans, Paul Anderson

Votes: 5,003

3. Robbery (1967)

110 min | Crime, Drama

A group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Frank Finlay

Votes: 2,059

4. The Christmas Setup (2020 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Romance

As they enjoy the local holidays together, Hugo and Patrick's attraction to each other is undeniable but as Hugo receives word of a big promotion requiring a move to London, he must decide what is most important to him.

Director: Pat Mills | Stars: Ben Lewis, Blake Lee, Fran Drescher, Ellen Wong

Votes: 2,902

5. Night Mail (1936)

Approved | 25 min | Short, Documentary

Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.

Directors: Harry Watt, Basil Wright | Stars: Arthur Clark, John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Robert Rae

Votes: 1,461

6. Choo-Choo! (1932)

20 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Sherwood Bailey, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Votes: 290

7. Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama

The plot pits Hornleigh and Bingham against a clever gang of Nazi espionage agents. Most of the action takes place aboard a speeding train, with our heroes never quite certain who can be ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Calvert, Edward Chapman

Votes: 294

8. The Brave Engineer (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Legendary engineer Casey Jones is determined to keep his train schedule and nothing is going to stop him.

Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Jerry Colonna, The King's Men, Ken Darby, Jon Dodson

Votes: 482

9. Bombay Mail (1934)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta and Bombay.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Shirley Grey, Onslow Stevens, Ralph Forbes

Votes: 107

10. Rhapsody of the Rails (1933)

9 min | Documentary, Short

This documentary shows what passengers see while riding on the New York Central Railroad.

11. Britain Through a Lens - The Documentary Film Mob (2011 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

A film that shows how, from 1929 to the end of World War Two, a small group of well-to-do film makers' and government bureaucrats started the British documentary genre.

Director: Chris Durlacher | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Edgar Anstey, H.E. Fowle, Stuart Legg

Votes: 16

12. La huella del crimen (1985–2010)
Episode: El crimen del expreso de Andalucía (1991)

Crime, Drama, History

Madrid, 1924. A ne'er-do-well in his 30s, perpetual disappointment to his aging military father, hatches a plan to rob the mail train to Andalusia. He intends the hit to be bloodless, but complications arise soon.

Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: José Manuel Cervino, Mario Pardo, Tito Valverde, Enrique San Francisco

Votes: 43

13. Raging Planet (1997– )
Episode: Avalanche (1997)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

Avalanches are at last becoming predictable if not preventable. This program shares what scientists have learned about the causes of avalanches and, through the stories of people caught in them, why avalanches are so deadly.

Director: David Hutt | Star: Randall Lee Rose

Votes: 13

14. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Up the Chimney (1968)

TV-G | 25 min | Western

A sheriff in Tucson, Arizona territory, pursues bank robbers and $62,000 in cash, who hide it in Colossal Cave.

Stars: Jim Davis, Tom Lowell, Charles Dierkop, James Gammon

Votes: 20

15. Heists (2015– )
Episode: Secrets of the Great Train Robbery (2017)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

A look at one of the most famous heists in history, when over two and a half million pounds were stolen from the Glasgow to London Royal Mail train. The robbery was littered with mistakes, bad decisions and careless errors by the gang.

Director: James Brailsford | Star: Eddie Marsan