The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Country: GB
Technical: col 84m
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, John Gregson, Naunton Wayne
Synopsis:
An English village stirs itself to action when its branch line is threatened with closure, and decides the run the service itself, in competition with the local bus company.
Review:
A topic that never runs dry in the evolving world of transportation, and certainly has no shortage of enthusiasts, so this Ealing comedy was bound to find a place in people's affections. True enough to form in its narrative rigour and assessment of the national character, it not only adds Technicolor but some marvellous old locomotives!
Country: GB
Technical: col 84m
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, John Gregson, Naunton Wayne
Synopsis:
An English village stirs itself to action when its branch line is threatened with closure, and decides the run the service itself, in competition with the local bus company.
Review:
A topic that never runs dry in the evolving world of transportation, and certainly has no shortage of enthusiasts, so this Ealing comedy was bound to find a place in people's affections. True enough to form in its narrative rigour and assessment of the national character, it not only adds Technicolor but some marvellous old locomotives!
Country: GB
Technical: col 84m
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, John Gregson, Naunton Wayne
Synopsis:
An English village stirs itself to action when its branch line is threatened with closure, and decides the run the service itself, in competition with the local bus company.
Review:
A topic that never runs dry in the evolving world of transportation, and certainly has no shortage of enthusiasts, so this Ealing comedy was bound to find a place in people's affections. True enough to form in its narrative rigour and assessment of the national character, it not only adds Technicolor but some marvellous old locomotives!