两名强盗闯进一个火车站电报室内,强迫电报员给火车发出信号,后又将电报员捆绑起来。火车驶近后,强盗们偷偷地溜上火车。随后,强盗们逼停了火车,把车上的乘客都赶下了火车,将他们的钱财搜刮一空。得手后,四名强盗逃至草原分赃。而与此同时,一个小女孩救下了电报员,电报员随即赶到警察局报案。一批警察开始追击强盗,双方在草原上展开了猛烈火拼,最终四名强盗被一一击毙。 《火车大劫案》根据1900年发生在美国的一个真实抢劫事件改编,影片用14个场面镜头讲述了一个较为复杂的故事,是鲍特拍摄的第一部西部片。本片成为当时最受观众欢迎的影片,持续上映了十年。这部作品给美国电影带来一股新的“西部风”,西部片因此逐渐繁荣起来。Among the earliest existing films in American cinema - notable as the first film that presented a narrative story to tell - it depicts a group of cowboy outlaws who hold up a train and rob the passengers. They are then pursued by a Sheriff's posse. Several scenes have color included - all hand tinted.