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Buster is a British film of genre Comedy directed by David Green with Phil Collins

Buster (1988)

Buster
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Length 1h31
Directed by
Genres Comedy,    Crime,    Romance
Rating58% 2.947992.947992.947992.947992.94799

Buster is a 1988 British romantic comedy-drama crime film based on characters and events from the Great Train Robbery (1963). It stars musician Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock. The soundtrack featured two Phil Collins singles which topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Synopsis

Buster Edwards is a petty criminal from the East End of 1960s London. His long-suffering pregnant wife June (Julie Walters) thinks of him as a loveable rogue.

Actors

Phil Collins

(Buster Edwards)Julie Walters

(June Edwards)Martin Jarvis

(Inspector Jack Mitchell)Larry Lamb

(Bruce Reynolds)Ellie Beaven

(Nicky Edwards)
And :
Ralph Brown
Christopher Ellison
Michael Byrne
Sheila Hancock
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