The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent Western action film made by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It follows a gang of outlaws who hold up and rob a steam train at a
Cover of a promotional leaflet for the film
1. Interior of Railroad Telegraph Office
2. At the Railroad Water Tank
3. Interior of Express Car
Justus D. Barnes
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Justus D. Barnes, named George Barnes in some sources, was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his role in the 1903 silent short The Great Train Robbery, which the American Film Ins
The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)
…and New Jersey in November 1903; the Edison studio began selling it to vaudeville houses and other venues in the following month. The cast included Justus D. Barnes and G. M. Anderson, who may have also helped with planning and staging. Porter's storytelling approach, though not particularly innovative or unusual…
Barnes in The Great Train Robbery (1903)