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Daring daylight burglary

"Featuring the Sheffield Fire Brigade and local police, this crim efilm was one of the most successful films made up that date. Its fast pace, brutal action and grimy locales made it a model for subsequent action dramas such as Edwin Porter's The great train robbery (Edison, 1903). Charles Urban paid 50 pounds for sales rights in Britain. In the United States, the Edison Company and other concerns sold dupes without compensating the originator"--Videocassette notes by Charles Musser with the BFI staff.

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