Which 1903 film was produced by Thomas Edison’s Edison Manufacturing Company?

The Great Train Robbery was produced by Thomas Edison’s Edison Manufacturing Company in 1903.

Directed by Edwin S. Porter, the short film dramatized an armed train robbery and the pursuit of the criminals. Its parallel editing, location shooting, action scenes, and narrative structure helped make it one of the best-known early American films.

Edison did not personally direct the movie or appear as its star. The Edison Manufacturing Company financed and distributed films, while filmmakers such as Porter handled production responsibilities. This distinction is important because Edison’s name is attached to the company rather than to personal authorship of every film it released.

The film is often described as an early landmark of the Western genre, although it also drew on theatrical melodrama and crime-film conventions.