The Titfield Thunderbolt

Film

Comedy

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Time Out says

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.

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Release details

UK release:

1952

Duration:

84 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Charles Crichton

Cast:

Hugh Griffith, Gabrielle Brune, Godfrey Tearle, Naunton Wayne, George Relph, John Gregson, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James

Music:

Georges Auric

Art Director:

CP Norman

Editor:

Seth Holt

Cinematography:

Douglas Slocombe

Screenwriter:

TEB Clarke

Producer:

Michael Truman

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Rated as: 5/5 (1 rating)

  • Oh yes.

    robert Fri Mar 29
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  • So nostalgic,so divine in technicolour,so much space to breathe,so the weather,...only Mary Poppins is missing. To all looking for lost Blighty-enjoy.

    robert Fri Mar 29
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