Silver Sirens

The Titfield Thunderbolt

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| Film | | UK | Colour | 1h 24min
Stars: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne

When a branch railway line is threatened with closure, the villagers take it over as a private concern

Cast (15)

British comedian Stanley Holloway wears a trilby, jacket and tie as he smokes his pipe
Valentine
George Relph
Weech
Naunton Wayne, well-known British actor who plays the role of Leslie, one of the club friends of of Henry Garnet (Basil Radford) in ‘The Facts of Life’, one of the four Somerset Maugham stories comprising ‘Quartet’, Sydney Box’s new production for Gainsborough Pictures
Blakeworth
John Gregson
Gordon
Godfrey Tearle
The Bishop
Hugh Griffith
Dan
Gabrielle Brune
Joan
Sidney James
Hawkins
Reginald Beckwith
Coggett
Edie Martin
Emily
Michael Trubshawe
Ruddock
Jack MacGowran
Vernon Crump
Ewan Roberts
Alec Pearce
Herbert C Walton
Seth
John Rudling
Clegg
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Film clip

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) opening credits (1m 21s)
Main title from The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953). When a branch railway line is threatened with closure, the villagers take it over as a private concern

Director

Charles Crichton

Writer

(original screenplay)

Production companies

J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Ealing Studios
Michael Balcon Productions

Pictures (1)

Main title from The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) opening credits
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