" The plot was inspired by a true event hat occurred on August 29, 1900, when four members of George Leroy Parker's (Butch Cassidy) 'Hole in the Wall' gang halted the No.The role also could later have served as the model for Bob Fosse's alter-ego inAll That Jazz (1979).]Its familiar plot was a typical-for-the-time backstage tale about putting on a lavish show - in this case, touring stage productions for major motion-picture houses." The silent flicker portrays he legendary outlaw gang holding up a train.The group's exploits in the newsreel-style film bear a resemblance to, and were said o have inspired one of the earliest classic films,The Great Train Robbery (1903), by Edwin S.She's dead...People go missing around here, they're gone for good." She hinted that the territorial killer just wanted to be "left alone" and that the area did not like outsiders.