The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
March 4, 1953Release Date
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
March 4, 1953Release Date


Plot.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Stanley Holloway
Walter Valentine

George Relph
Vicar Sam Weech

Naunton Wayne
George Blakeworth

John Gregson
Squire Gordon Chesterford

Godfrey Tearle
Ollie Matthews (The Bishop)

Hugh Griffith
Dan

Gabrielle Brune
Joan Hampton

Sid James
Harry Hawkins

Reginald Beckwith
Coggett

Edie Martin
Emily

Michael Trubshawe
Ruddock

Ewan Roberts
Alec Pearce

Herbert C. Walton
Seth

John Rudling
Clegg

Nancy O'Neil
Mrs. Blakeworth

Campbell Singer
Police Sergeant

Frank Atkinson
Station Sergeant

Wensley Pithey
A Policeman

Harold Alford
Guard

Ted Burbidge
Engine Driver

Frank Green
Fireman

Jack MacGowran
Vernon Crump / Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)

Charles Crichton
Director

Michael Truman
Producer

Michael Balcon
Executive Producer

Arthur Bradburn
Sound Recordist

Anthony Mendleson
Wardrobe Designer

Stephen Dalby
Sound Supervisor

Harry Kratz
Unit Production Manager

David Peers
Assistant Director

Hal Mason
Production Supervisor

Felicia Manheim
Continuity
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, George Relph and John Gregson. The screenplay concerns a group of villagers trying to keep their branch line operating after British Railways decided to close it. The film was written by T. E. B. Clarke and was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales, the world's first heritage railway run by volunteers. "Titfield" is an amalgamation of the names Titsey and Limpsfield, two villages in Surrey near Clarke's home at Oxted.
Michael Truman was the producer. The film was produced by Ealing Studios and was the first of its comedies shot in Technicolor.
There was considerable inspiration from the book Railway Adventure by established railway book author L. T. C. Rolt, published in 1953. Rolt had acted as honorary manager for the volunteer enthusiasts running the Talyllyn Railway for the two years 1951β52. According to British rail enthusiast and film historian John Huntley's book Railways in the Cinema (published by Ian Allan in 1969), T. E. B. Clarke actually visited the Talyllyn Railway in 1951 and spent two days learning about the tribulations faced by its volunteers. A number of scenes in the film, such as the emergency resupply of water to the locomotive by buckets from an adjacent stream and passengers being asked to assist in pushing the carriages, were taken from incidents on the Talyllyn Railway recounted in Railway Adventure.
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