The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbers stole what would now be over US $65 million in one night. Nearly as much as the average Enron or Haliburton rip-off, but these blue-collar villains used their actual hands to lift the loot.

As one surveys the life and career of Sean Connery before, during and after Bond, there is an important factor to this star's success: his native shrewdness and intelligence. Quite simply, he never undervalued himself.