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The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
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T.E.B. Clarke (original screenplay)
Release Date:
20 October 1953 (USA)
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Comedy of railfans who take over their village's passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when British Rail abandons it. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Stanley Holloway | ... | Walter Valentine |
| George Relph | ... | Vicar Sam Weech |
| Naunton Wayne | ... | George Blakeworth |
| John Gregson | ... | Squire Gordon Chesterford |
| Godfrey Tearle | ... | Ollie Matthews, Bishop of Welchester |
| Hugh Griffith | ... | Dan Taylor |
| Gabrielle Brune | ... | Joan Hampton |
| Sid James | ... | Harry Hawkins (as Sidney James) |
| Reginald Beckwith | ... | Coggett |
| Edie Martin | ... | Emily |
| Michael Trubshawe | ... | Ruddock |
| Jack MacGowran | ... | Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran) |
| Ewan Roberts | ... | Alec Pearce |
| Herbert C. Walton | ... | Seth |
| John Rudling | ... | Clegg - Inspector from Ministry |
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84 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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The locomotive, "Lion" was damaged during filming when the carriage train is reunited with the locomotive. The rear frame was bent by the force of the impact. The damage was still visible in 2001.
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Continuity: When Dan Walker is handcuffed and on the platform looking at his house-coach he has no pipe. As soon as he enters his house-coach he has his pipe in his mouth.
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Featured in "Best of British: Ealing Comedies (#5.12)" (1993)
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Soundtrack:
The Eton Boating Song
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If you are, like myself, a fervent anglophile and a terminal railway enthusiast, 'Titfield Thunderbolt' is the film you've spent your whole life seeking for in vain. That charming tale of a village's fight to keep its railway line active celebrates British countryside, trains and traditional values in a quite irresistible way, enhanced by a great cast and a superb technicolor. Despite being not among best-ranked Ealing comedies, 'Titfield Thunderbolt' still is a great feel-good movie, one you're glad to see on rainy or spleen days.