Gabrielle Brune, George Relph, Godfrey Tearle

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Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Charles Crichton

Release Date: April 1, 2005

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DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005

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  • November 15, 2007
    amusing old english movie about a transport dispute. stanley holloway was pretty damn funny as the rich & eccentric drinker who funded the private train just because there'd be a bar on there that opened for longer hours than the pub! just a lighthearted comedy. sid james was in ...( read more)it too...
  • November 18, 2008
    its a film about the cross from steam to road transport. its a very good filmand it a film i cant get enough of
  • October 2, 2007
    One of the last ventures at the end of golden era of Ealing comedies, THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT delves into a conventional form of provincial comedy, mostly inspired by over-rated Tati's JOUR DE FETE. As unenthusiastic and unfunny as Tati?s works, it suffers from the lack of good ...( read more)gags ? there may be only two good ones in entire film, first in two comparative shots in a TV's western bar and actual British pub and the second in a scene of accepting a proposal for helping the railway project going on...
    But it marks the sad ending of a great beginning for British bratish comedy - however three decades later, director Crichton teams up with two Pythons, Cleese & Palin, as well as a stunning Kevin Kline in A FISH CALLED WANDA and shows the liveliness and vividness of the old tradition once again...
  • July 16, 2007
    what can one say if you have not seen this get it now worth it's waight in gold
  • March 1, 2007
    I like Ealing comedy's, this one is just charming.
  • November 29, 2006
    I'd like to see this movie!
  • November 24, 2006
    Charming 1952 comedy, beautifully photographed in technicolr that emphasizes the green beauty of the English countryside. The Squire agrues to keep the railroad open so that the little village of Titfield will not become clogged with buses and lorries, and the houses have number...( read more)s instead of names. A lovely slice of the past.
  • June 28, 2006
    You won't like this film...I love this film, but I'm like that...but you won't like this film...

    It's got trains in, okay...now go away..you won't like this film...sit down and watch it though, if ever you find favourable circumstances...rainy sunday afternoon, etc...but you p...( read more)robably won't like this film...you'll see why I like this film, but you won't like it...well you might...I don't know...

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