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> I love this movie*. In fact, I like the whole sub-genre of prisoner-of-war movies: Stalag 13, Where Eagles Dare, The Hiding Place** (technically not POW, but close enough).

My favourite historical action movie is "The Great Train Robbery", sometimes billed as "The First Great Train Robbery" to distinguish the crime in question from the, er, Other Great Train Robbery. It's a 1979 movie starring Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland and it ROCKS COMPLETELY. There's something about nineteenth century London which is *perfect* for crime and suspense plots -- must be a Sherlock Holmes thing. This is one of the few movies I can see again and again and never get bored. It has the right amount of criminal cunning, Dastardly Deeds, total edge-of-your-seat suspense, people running along the top of steam trains, and best of all, you know the unbearably cool bad guys really are going to win in the end.

Brunnen-"of course, it's not made in the USA, so I guess it must suck. Trying hard not to reply to that bit."G