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Bookmark this pageThe Titfield Thunderbolt (1952)
Director: Charles Crichton
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
The film that marked the beginning of Ealing's decline into whimsy and toothless eccentricity. A confederation of local clergy and gentry band together to save their local branch-line from British Rail cuts by taking it over themselves (with an engine resurrected from the local museum). An unfunny hymn to British parochial values, bathed in a cosy, romantic glow by Douglas Slocombe's photography.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Charles Crichton
Producer: Michael Truman
Cast: Stanley Holloway, John Gregson, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, Godfrey Tearle, Gabrielle Brune, Hugh Griffith, Sidney James full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 84 mins
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