If you loved Mackenna's Gold, try The Great Train Robbery

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Mackenna's Gold

1969 · dir. J. Lee Thompson

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The Great Train Robbery

1903 · dir. Edwin S. Porter

What they share

Theysit in Action / Adventure / Western territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mackenna's Gold, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Great Train Robbery is

You're a gang of bandits holding up a train in the Old West, and then a posse forms to chase you down. Porter's camera tricks and cross-cutting marked an early step toward modern action flicks. The film leaves you wondering who the real villains are.

If you loved Mackenna's Gold, try The Great Train Robbery

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What they share

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