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A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Original Release
01/18/1949
US Release
05/24/1952
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Warner | Jim Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") / Jim Hardcastle |
Gladys Henson | Mrs. Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") / Mrs Hardcastle |
Susan Shaw | Doris Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") / Doris Hardcastle |
Patric Doonan | Ron Stacey (segment "The Engine Driver") / Ron Stacey |
Philip Dale | Hardcastle's Fireman |
Miles Malleson | Johnson, the Timekeeper |
Leslie Phillips | Stacey's Fireman (segment "The Engine Driver") / Stacey's Fireman |
Percy Walsh | District Superintendent / District Superintendent (segment "The Engine Driver") |
Will Ambro | Lancashire Railwayman |
Valerie Hobson | Stella (segment "The Composer") / Stella |
Directors
Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden
Writers
Basil Dearden, T.E.B. Clarke, Ronald Millar, Angus MacPhail
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Warner | Jim Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") / Jim Hardcastle |
Gladys Henson | Mrs. Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") / Mrs Hardcastle |
Susan Shaw | Doris Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") / Doris Hardcastle |
Patric Doonan | Ron Stacey (segment "The Engine Driver") / Ron Stacey |
Philip Dale | Hardcastle's Fireman |
Miles Malleson | Johnson, the Timekeeper |
Leslie Phillips | Stacey's Fireman (segment "The Engine Driver") / Stacey's Fireman |
Percy Walsh | District Superintendent / District Superintendent (segment "The Engine Driver") |
Will Ambro | Lancashire Railwayman |
Valerie Hobson | Stella (segment "The Composer") / Stella |
John Clements | Raymond Hillary (segment "The Composer") / Raymond Hillary |
Irina Baronova | Irina Norozova (segment "The Composer") / Irina Norozova |
John Gregson | Malcolm Murray-Bruce (segment "The Composer") / Malcolm Murray-Bruce |
Gwen Cherrell | Charmian (segment "The Composer") / Charmian |
Jacqueline Byrne | Television Announcer |
Neal Arden | The Compere |
Thelma Grigg | The Harpist |
Joan Dowling | Ella (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") / Ella |
Laurence Payne | Richard (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") / Richard |
Olga Lindo | Mrs. Bailey (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") / Mrs. Bailey |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Balcon | Producer |
Michael Relph | Producer |