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Writers:
Victor Kendall (writer)
Garnett Weston (writer)
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A young fireman on the Flying Scotsman train falls in love with the beautiful daughter of the driver who is about to retire... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Dino Galvani ... Headwaiter
Gordon Harker
Alec Hurley ... Crow
Pauline Johnson ... Joan White
Moore Marriott ... Bob White

Ray Milland ... Jim Edwards
Bill Shine ... Barman
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Runtime:
USA:50 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)

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First film of Bill Shine. more
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Remade as The Flying Scot (1957) more

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Good movie for train enthusiasts, 27 April 2004
7/10
Author: ergot29

Like Hitchcock's "Blackmail" that came out the same year, this film has a silent opening sequence and seems to have begun as a silent picture before adapting the new technology after production began. This film doesn't merge the two quite as well, however. Blackmail's opening sequence filmed without dialogue comes across as an opening vignette intended to be silent, then the speaking comes when the story moves elsewhere (though it was in fact only after filming began that they switched, and then overdubbed the speaking parts). In this film the speaking was not overdubbed but seems to begin at an arbitrary point in the story.

While the plot is a bit thin and predictable, it is very well made, particularly the sequences on and of the train, the famous Flying Scotsman that runs from Edinburgh to London.

The tacked on love story angle is the weakest aspect, but the vengeful former engineer bent on getting even for being "wronged" is the strength of the movie and its momentum. Like Buster Keaton's "The General," they film and perform the stunts on the actual moving train and not with a filmed background, and some of the stunts are daring and impressive.

While the love story won't keep you interested, if you like well filmed thrillers and trains, this movie is good, though far from great.

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