September 16, 1927
Release Date

Ghost Train (1927)

Name: Ghost Train
Genre: Horror, Crime
Released: 1927-09-16

59m

Running Time

September 16, 1927
Release Date

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Plot.

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area. The travelers eventually get to the bottom of the things that go bump in the night.

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Details.

Release Date
September 16, 1927

Original Name
Der Geisterzug

Status
Released

Running Time
59m

Genres
Horror Crime

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

The Ghost Train (German: Der Geisterzug) is a 1927 German-British crime comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Guy Newall, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph. It is an adaptation of Arnold Ridley's play The Ghost Train. The film was a co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and Phoebus Film and was shot at the latter's Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film was released in France as Le Train Fantome.

Some sources have reported over the years that the film was directed by famed Hungarian director Michael Curtiz but, according to critic Troy Howarth, "he's not credited on the prints, nor is the title attributed to him in any reputable source".

The story was filmed again (with sound) in 1931.