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A Copper's Tale: Directed by James Strong. With Jim Broadbent, James Fox, George Costigan, Bradley Snelling. Four days after the robbery Home Secretary Brooke puts Flying Squad Chief Superintendent Tommy Butler in charge of the case.
A Robber's Tale: A Copper's Tale. Page 1 of 4, 8 total items. On Aug. 8, 1963, a slumbering police force awakes to news of a robbery. After learning the extent of the robbery, the...
- Crime, Drama
A Copper's Tale begins in the early morning of 8 August 1963 after the train robbery took place. Six of the best police officers from Scotland Yard are called to help with the investigation, with DCS Tommy Butler ( Jim Broadbent ) in charge.
Following a vicious attack on a wages van at Heathrow airport in November 1962 the gang concerned are disappointed that the haul is less than expected and their leader, Bruce Reynolds, despite his wife's request that he eschews crime, is greedy for a bigger heist.
Mar 6, 2013 · Beginning with a daring earlier robbery at Heathrow Airport, the film depicts how leader Bruce Reynolds led and strengthened that team to target the August Bank Holiday 1963 mail train from Glasgow. Click to expand...
Dec 18, 2013 · The first film, A Robber's Tale, focuses on Bruce Reynolds as he plans the now folkloric raid on a London-bound Royal Mail train that netted a then-record haul of £2.6 million.
Dec 18, 2013 · Writer Chris Chibnall ( Broadchurch, Torchwood) has cleaved the narrative into two neat halves: cops and robbers. In many ways, it’s a swell trick, the novelty of which tilts the plot a few ...
