Pierce is the brains, Clean Willy the brawn, and safecracker Agar provides the finesse. The scheme involves stealing a shipment of gold bars intended to be used in the payroll for the Army in the Crimean War. Lesley Anne Down co-stars as Miriam, the woman on the outside who arranges Connery’s getaway. When released in England, this film was titled The First Great Train Robbery, so as not to be confused with Britain’s embarrassing 1963 railroad heist.