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A man leaps from a moving freight train carrying military explosives and hugs the ground as the rest of the train rolls past. His terrorist mission is almost complete, awaiting only the ignition of the timing device he placed somewhere amid the hazardous cargo. Authorities, alerted to the saboteur’s plot, divert the train to a siding, initiate emergency evacuations of the surrounding area and call on bomb disposal expert Peter Lyncort to find the time fuse and disable it – a perilous task that will unexpectedly grow more dangerous. Three months before he starred in the film noir favorite The Big Heat, Glenn Ford portrayed UXB specialist Lyncort in this race-against-time suspense thriller ramped with tension by Ted Tetzlaff, the cinematographer-turned-director who helmed the cult gem The Window and whose prestigious list of photographic credits includes My Man Godfrey, The Enchanted Cottage and Notorious.
Original Release
02/05/1953
US Release
07/14/1953
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Glenn Ford | Peter Lyncort |
Anne Vernon | Janine Lyncort |
Maurice Denham | Jim Warrilow |
Harcourt Williams | Vicar |
Victor Maddern | Saboteur |
Harold Warrender | Sir Evelyn Jordan |
John Horsley | Constable Charles Baron |
Campbell Singer | Inspector Branson |
Bill Fraser | Constable J. Reed |
Herbert C. Walton | Charlie |
Directors
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Glenn Ford | Peter Lyncort |
Anne Vernon | Janine Lyncort |
Maurice Denham | Jim Warrilow |
Harcourt Williams | Vicar |
Victor Maddern | Saboteur |
Harold Warrender | Sir Evelyn Jordan |
John Horsley | Constable Charles Baron |
Campbell Singer | Inspector Branson |
Bill Fraser | Constable J. Reed |
Herbert C. Walton | Charlie |
Martin Wyldeck | Sergeant Collins / Sgt. Collins |
Arthur Hambling | Train Driver |
Harry Locke | Train Fireman |
Frank Atkinson | Guard |
Ernest Butcher | Martindale |
Jean Anderson | Matron |
Jack Armstrong | Constable |
Jim Brady | Police Constable |
Amy Dalby | Sarah - Charlie's Wife |
Edward Evans | Policeman at Station |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Goldstone | Producer |