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Host Josh Dasal and his guest host, playwright Allan Maule, buy a ticket for the 1978 Michael Crichton gold heist period piece, "The Great Train Robbery", starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, and Leslie-Ann Down. Topics include: the films of Sean Connery, actors who do their own stunts, and the most agonizingly slow 75-second count in movie history.

Show Notes

In this episode of Subgenre, host Josh Dasal and his guest host, playwright Allan Maule, buy a ticket for the 1978 treasure heist period piece, The Great Train Robbery, directed by acclaimed author Michael Crichton, and starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, and Leslie-Ann Down as Victorian-era thieves out to to hijack a locomotive full of Crimean gold. Topics of discussion include the wide-ranging films of Sean Connery, getting actors to do their own stunts (even when they don't want to), and the most agonizingly slow 75-second count in movie history.

Guest host: Allan Maule, playwright
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Read more about The Great Train Robbery (1978) at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079240/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Great_Train_Robbery

Our theme music: Still Room on the Night Train by Ketsa feat. Soularflair

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Creators & Guests

Host
Josh Dasal
Host and creator of the Subgenre podcast, co-producer of the hit ArtCurious podcast, Emmy winner, movie fan, snappy dresser.
Guest
Allan Maule
Playwright

What is Subgenre?

Whatcha watchin'? Be specific. On the bingeable Subgenre podcast, Emmy award-winning host Josh Dasal and his rotating collection of smart and opinionated guest hosts show love to movies outside of the major categories. Drama, comedy, and action? You can do better. Get your fix of Subgenre's often funny, occasionally irreverent, but always insightful cinematic discussions, smack talk, quizzes, and film-related tangents. New subgenres are covered every season! In Season 3, the show goes all pretzel-like taking on the subgenre of Time Twisters. Don't miss an episode. Subscribe now!