The Ghost Train (1931 film)
The Ghost Train is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd.[1] It is based on the play The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley. The film's art direction was by Walter Murton.
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| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Phil C. Samuel |
| Written by | Arnold Ridley (play) Lajos Bíró Angus MacPhail Sidney Gilliat |
| Starring | Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneidge Ann Todd Cyril Raymond |
| Cinematography | Leslie Rowson |
| Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
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| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Thought to have been lost for some years, parts of the film (5 reels of images with 2 reels of sound) were recovered in a very decomposed state. It was part of the British Film Institute campaign in 1992 to locate missing movies.[2]
Cast
- Jack Hulbert as Teddy Deakin
- Cicely Courtneidge as Miss Bourne
- Ann Todd as Peggy Murdock
- Cyril Raymond as Richard Winthrop
- Allan Jeayes as Dr. Sterling
- Donald Calthrop as Saul Hodgkin
- Angela Baddeley as Julia Price
- Henry Caine as Herbert Price
- Tracy Holmes as Charles Bryant
- Carol Coomb as Elsie Bryant
References
- "The Ghost Train: Detail View". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
- Botting, Jo. "Lost Then Found". British Film Institute Screenonline. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
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