The ghost train / director, Walter Forde.

A group of travellers is stranded at an eerie Cornish railway junction, and the stationmaster tells them the story of the Ghost Train. The story runs that 43 years ago a previous station master fell dead whilst trying to operate the remote control of a swing bridge and a train roared through the gap...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Gainsborough Studios (Production company)
Gaumont British Picture Corp (Production company)
Sinister Cinema (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Forde, Walter, 1898-1984 (Film director)
Black, Edward (Film producer)
Orton, J. O. C. (John Overton Cove), 1889-1962 (Screenwriter)
Guest, Val (Screenwriter)
Edgar, Marriott (Screenwriter)
Hulbert, Jack, 1892-1978 (Actor)
Courtneidge, Cicely, 1893-1980 (Actor)
Todd, Ann, 1909-1993 (Actor)
Raymond, Cyril, -1973 (Actor)
Jeayes, Allan, 1885-1963 (Actor)
Calthrop, Donald, 1888-1940 (Actor)
Baddeley, Angela, 1904-1976 (Actor)
Askey, Arthur (Actor)
Harrison, Kathleen, 1892-1995 (Actor)
Hill, Peter Murray, 1908-1957 (Actor)
Ridley, Arnold, 1896-1984
Language:English
Published: Medford, Or. : Sinister Cinema, [2005?]
Edition:Special edition.
Subjects:
Railroads > England > Drama.
Film adaptations.
Comedy films.
Detective and mystery films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Comedy films.
Detective and mystery films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (51, 82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A group of travellers is stranded at an eerie Cornish railway junction, and the stationmaster tells them the story of the Ghost Train. The story runs that 43 years ago a previous station master fell dead whilst trying to operate the remote control of a swing bridge and a train roared through the gap in the open bridge into the river below. Some nights a warning bell sounds at the station and the train in phantom form thunders by, bringing death of all who gaze upon it. Sure enough, the station master is found murdered and the Ghost Train thunders through the station.
Note:This set contains the 1941 version of the Walter Forde film, together with the surviving reels of Forde's 1931 version.
Based on the play by Arnold Ridley.
1931 version: "[This film contains] all that remains of the 1931 version of The Ghost Train starring Jack Hulbert. Only the last five reels survive, and only the last two have sound.... This print is from the National Film Archive collection."
Bonus features: trailers for "Murder by invitation" (1941) and "23 1/2 hours leave" (1937)
Call Number:PN1995.9.R25 G47 2005 VideoDVD
Credits:1931 version: Gainsborough Pictures presents.
1941 version: A Gainsborough picture ; Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd. present ; written by J.O.C. Orton, Val Guest, and Marriott Edgar ; directed by Walter Forde ; produced by Edward Black ; director of photography, Leslie Rowson ; editor, Ian Dalrymple ; music, Louis Levy ; art direction, Alex Vetchinsky.
System Details:DVD-R, full screen.
Participant or Performer:
1931 version: Jack Hulbert, Cicily Courtneidge, Ann Todd, Cyril Raymond, Allan Jeayes, Donald Calthrop, Angela Baddeley.
1941 version: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison, Peter Murray-Hill, Carol Lynne, Morland Graham.