 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. ==plot== buster edwards is a petty criminal from the east end of 1960s london. his long-suffering wife june thinks of him as a loveable rogue and cannot believe it when she learns of his involvement in the great train robbery. for several months after the robbery, buster and june are in hiding with their young daughter nicky (ellie beaven) until they are turned in to the police by a suspicious neighbour. buster flees to acapulco where he is met by fellow great train robber bruce reynolds and his girlfriend franny reynolds who are also on the run and living it up in the sun with the profits of their crime. june and nicky arrive despite the disapproval of her mother and although nicky seems to love her new life in the sun, june is immediately not keen on their new way of life, resolving to return to england, despite knowing that if buster is to return with them, then this will mean imprisonment for him. buster remains in acapulco for some time after june leaves, until realising (while celebrating england's 1966 world cup triumph) that despite his having money and the sun, it means nothing if he doesn't have his family, and he returns to england to accept his punishment. the film closes, twelve years after buster's release from jail, seemingly content and running a flower stall near waterloo bridge on the thames. ==cast==  * phil collins as buster edwards * julie walters as june edwards * larry lamb as bruce reynolds * stephanie lawrence as franny reynolds * ellie beaven as nicky edwards * ralph brown as ronald biggs * christopher ellison as george * sheila hancock as mrs. rothery * martin jarvis as inspector jack mitchell * anthony quayle as sir james mcdowell * michael attwell as harry * ellie beaven as nicky edwards * [[christopher ell
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