BUSTER opens in London, 1963, with a small-time thief (rock star Collins) pilfering clothing, toys for his baby daughter, and flowers for his wife (Walters). The two are deeply in love and very happily married, although Walters wishes her husband would get a real job. Instead, Collins
falls in with a group of big-thinking thieves and plays a role in Britain's Great Train Robbery, in which 15 hijackers made off with 2.6 million pounds ($7.3 million back then) stolen from the London to Glasgow Royal Mail Train. The remainder of the film details the efforts of Buster to stay out
of the clutches of the police, as, one-by-one, the other gang members are caught. Loosely ...
Released:
1988
Rated:
R
Length:
102 mins