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The Ghost Train

Play trailer Poster for The Ghost Train 1941,  1h 25m,  Mystery & Thriller/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Tomatometer 2 Reviews 57% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
After his hat flies out the window of a speeding train, passenger and music-hall performer Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey) yanks the emergency brake, causing the train to stop. All the passengers are stuck in rural Cornwall, England that night, unable to get a connecting train for hours. The stationmaster, Saul Hodgkin (Herbert Lomas), wants them gone for mysterious reasons, so he tells them a scary story about a ghost train that passes through every night, hoping that will do the trick.

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jan 9, 2024
3/5
...stands up pretty well as a film seen from nearly eighty years later; the comedy is sharp, the mystery is neat and the suspense elements elaborate;... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 1, 2008
B-
A fair example of how lowbrow Music Hall British comedy worked in the 1940s. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Leia W Sep 9, 2018 Given it's age a wonderful example of its time and primarily a vehicle for Arthur Askey to display his comedy skills. It''s impossible not to laugh at the (now) corny jokes and admire the timing. See more
Ron M Aug 14, 2018 This Brit WW2 feature about travellers stranded by a storm and faced with the imminent arrival of a purported ghost train is derailed by its focus on music hall personality Arthur Askey who has just about one of the most annoying schticks as you are as like to run into. A minute of his"snappy patter" is like an eternity and, although many onscreen characters threaten to halt his antics, no one does. I wanted to murder the director. See more
Kylo G Dec 19, 2017 A great film, great cast and story however Arthur Askey is painful to watch. and his comedy has dated badly
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Cast & Crew

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Walter Forde

Director

Arthur Askey

Tommy Gander

Richard Murdoch

Teddy Deakin

Kathleen Harrison

Miss Bourne

Herbert Lomas

Saul Hodgkin

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The Ghost Train

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Movie Info

Synopsis After his hat flies out the window of a speeding train, passenger and music-hall performer Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey) yanks the emergency brake, causing the train to stop. All the passengers are stuck in rural Cornwall, England that night, unable to get a connecting train for hours. The stationmaster, Saul Hodgkin (Herbert Lomas), wants them gone for mysterious reasons, so he tells them a scary story about a ghost train that passes through every night, hoping that will do the trick.
Director
Walter Forde
Production Co
Gainsborough Pictures
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 16, 2007
Runtime
1h 25m
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