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ComedyHorrorMysteryThriller

The Ghost Train

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Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.

Release Date : 1941-05-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gainsborough Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Arthur Askey

Character Name : Tommy Gander

Original Name : Arthur Askey

Gender : Male

Richard Murdoch

Character Name : Teddy Deakin

Original Name : Richard Murdoch

Gender : Male

Kathleen Harrison

Character Name : Miss Bourne

Original Name : Kathleen Harrison

Gender : Female

Peter Murray-Hill

Character Name : Richard G. Winthrop

Original Name : Peter Murray-Hill

Gender : Male

Carole Lynne

Character Name : Jackie Winthrop

Original Name : Carole Lynne

Gender : Male

Morland Graham

Character Name : Dr. Sterling

Original Name : Morland Graham

Gender : Male

Betty Jardine

Character Name : Edna Hopkins

Original Name : Betty Jardine

Gender : Female

Stuart Latham

Character Name : Herbert Perkins

Original Name : Stuart Latham

Gender : Male

Herbert Lomas

Character Name : Saul Hodgkin

Original Name : Herbert Lomas

Gender : Male

Raymond Huntley

Character Name : John Price

Original Name : Raymond Huntley

Gender : Male

Linden Travers

Character Name : Julia Price

Original Name : Linden Travers

Gender : Female

D.J. Williams

Character Name : Ben Isaacs

Original Name : D.J. Williams

Gender : Male

Wallace Bosco

Character Name : Ted Holmes

Original Name : Wallace Bosco

Gender : Male

George Merritt

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : George Merritt

Gender : Male

Sidney Monckton

Character Name : Train Guard

Original Name : Sidney Monckton

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-25

A storm causes a disparate group of passengers to become stranded overnight at a rural railway station. Before the superstitious station master leaves them for the night, he regales them with a tale of a phantom train that reputedly travels the adjacent closed line at night. He returns shortly afterwards, dies of shock - and we get treated to a rather theatrical mystery as they investigate what's going on... Kathleen Harrison is quite good as the dipsomaniac "Miss Bourne" as is Raymond Huntley as "Price" but the rest of the cast struggle to eclipse the domineering performance of the film's star Arthur Askey who, frankly, annoys his fellow travellers and the audience in equal measure. I suspect that those who enjoy this film will be fans of his Vaudevillian style of comedy; I'm afraid it doesn't much work for me and what could have been a fun little ghost story ended up being quite disappointing.