Buster
Directed by	David Green
Produced by	Norma Heyman
Written by	Colin Shindler
Starring	Phil Collins Julie Walters
Distributed by	Hemdale Film
Release date(s)	November 23, 1988
Running time	102 m
Language	English
IMDb profile

Buster is the name of a 1988 comedy-drama film starring musician Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x755, 101 KB) This image is of a film poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the film or the studio which produced the film in question. ... Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock and pop musician. ... Julia Mary Walters, OBE (born February 22, 1950) is an English Golden Globe-winning actress. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock and pop musician. ... Julia Mary Walters, OBE (born February 22, 1950) is an English Golden Globe-winning actress. ... Sir Albert Lamb, commonly known as Larry Lamb (July 15, 1929 – May 19, 2000) was a British newspaper editor. ... Sheila Hancock OBE (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress and comedienne. ...

It tells a romanticised version of the true story of the Great Train Robbery of 1963, focusing more on the character of train robber Buster Edwards and his subsequent flight from justice than on the robbery itself. The Great Train Robbery was the name given to a train robbery that was committed on August 8, 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... Buster Edwards (born Ronald Edwards) (1932 - November 28th 1994 was a former boxer, nightclub owner, and member of the gang that committed the Great Train Robbery. ...

The robbery scenes were filmed on the Great Central Railway, using British Rail Class 40, D306, as a stand-in for D326 which was actually involved. This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... D202 at Liverpool Street in green livery, 1963. ...

Several hit singles were released from the film by Collins, including "Groovy Kind of Love" and "Two Hearts", which reached #1 and #6 on the UK Singles Chart respectively. Both songs were Number One singles in the US. Groovy Kind of Love is a pop single originally released in 1966 by The Mindbenders, as well as the title the original studio album for which it appeared. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...

External links

• Buster at the Internet Movie Database

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