The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
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The first Ealing Studios comedy shot in color, Titfield Thunderbolt takes place in a tiny British village serviced by a branch railway line. When the government plans to close the line down, the locals are in a panic--except for a group intending to set up an expensive bus service. The local vicar… More The first Ealing Studios comedy shot in color, Titfield Thunderbolt takes place in a tiny British village serviced by a branch railway line. When the government plans to close the line down, the locals are in a panic--except for a group intending to set up an expensive bus service. The local vicar (George Relph) concocts a scheme with the town's wealthiest man (Stanley Holloway) for the villagers to run the rail line themselves; in this way they hope to prove to the railway inspectors that their branch is still worth keeping. When the bus interests attempt to sabotage this undertaking, the villagers respond by stealing a stray locomotive--and when this proves cumbersome, they reactivate a 19th century train engine from the local museum. The Titfield Thunderbolt is uniquely British in humor and approach, but not so "inside" as to alienate American filmgoers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Crichton
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 1, 2005 Wide
- On DVD
- Apr 5, 2005
- Studio
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
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Cast
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Stanley Holloway
as Valentine
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George Relph
as Rev. Weech
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Naunton Wayne
as Blakeworth
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John Gregson
as Gordon
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Godfrey Tearle
as The Bishop
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Hugh Griffith
as Dan
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Gabrielle Brune
as Joan
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Sidney James
as Hawkins
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Reginald Beckwith
as Coggett
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Edie Martin
as Emily
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Michael Trubshawe
as Ruddock
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Ewan Roberts
as Alec Pearce
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Herbert C. Walton
as Seth
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John Rudling
as Clegg
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Nancy O'Neil
as Mrs. Blakeworth
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Frank Atkinson
as Police Sergeant
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Jack MacGowran
as Vernon Crump
- Wensley Pithey
- Campbell Singer
- Sid James
