The Ghost Train
About The Ghost Train
Music-hall comic Tommy Gander pulls the communication cord on a Great Western express so he can fetch his hat, and a mixed party of passengers misses the connection. They sit out a rainy night in a lonely Cornish station. The stationmaster tells them a ghost train runs on the anniversary of an old wreck. The train that comes is carrying guns for Nazi agents, and the stranded passengers set out to stop it. Arthur Askey plays Gander. Richard Murdoch plays Teddy.
Cast & crew
More about The Ghost Train
Walter Forde directed, remaking the film of Arnold Ridley's 1923 play that he had already shot in 1931, with Jack Hulbert in that earlier version. Marriott Edgar is the credited writer. Edward Black produced. Jack E. Cox photographed this 1941 version. General Film Distributors handled the release, listed as 5 March 1941. It runs 85 minutes. The station and the tunnel were studio sets.
Themes
Music
Walter Goehr wrote the music.
Notes
- Railway shots include Great Western King class engines, No. 6004 King George III near Teignmouth, and Castle class No. 5005 Manorbier Castle at Langstone Rock.
- Kathleen Harrison, Peter Murray-Hill, Carole Lynne, and Morland Graham are in the cast with Askey and Murdoch.
Scenes
- Gander stops a Great Western express because his hat has blown off.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheGhostTrain)