Ronald Biggs, the fugitive train robber, as he appears in the film of the punk rock group. Sex Pistols, “The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle.” A clip from the film was to have been shown on British television but was dropped after a public outcry. Biggs escaped from jail more than a decade ago with 28 years still to serve of a 30-year sentence for his part in the $5 million train robbery in 1963. He now lives in Brazil.
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Press, 16 August 1978, Page 8
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80Ronald Biggs, the fugitive train robber, as he appears in the film of the punk rock group. Sex Pistols, “The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle.” A clip from the film was to have been shown on British television but was dropped after a public outcry. Biggs escaped from jail more than a decade ago with 28 years still to serve of a 30-year sentence for his part in the $5 million train robbery in 1963. He now lives in Brazil. Press, 16 August 1978, Page 8
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