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Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.
Jack MacGowran
- Vernon Crump
- (as Jack McGowran)
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- TriviaThe 'Thunderbolt' is a genuine veteran locomotive, its real name is "Lion". It was built for the Liverpool and Manchester railway in 1838, making it 115 years old when it was used in the film.
- GoofsWhen Dan Taylor & Walter Valentine are driving the stolen locomotive through the town, the wheels of the lorry that the replica locomotive was built on can seen in a shot looking from behind.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Reptile (1966)
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As you may gather from my signature i have railways in my blood,so it is practically inevitable that i love this movie.However it is more than a simple comedy about a village trying to save its railway branch line,though that would be good enough.It is also a picture of a time when a way of life was about to disappear with the railways,a time when people had good manners and treated each other with respect.A time also when to love your country didn"t open you to the charge of xenophobia.The cast are just fabulous with Hugh Griffith as Dan being the funniest,and a youngish Sid James [who always looked 55] before his Carry On heyday!The star is the countryside in beautiful Technicolour and funnily enough my favourite scene is a minor one; its where a girl in a summer dress is running down a hill to see the "Thunderbolt" go past! Now some good news; a couple of years ago i set out to walk the Limpley Stoke-Camerton line where the line was filmed,and was amazed to find how much was unchanged.Apart from the missing track,the cricket field [with the road viaduct behind] was exactly the same and at Monkton Combe [Titfield] the huge iron gateposts are still there.Anyone wanting to do the same should alight at Freshford station near Bath,walk through the lovely village past "Mr Valentines House" then to Limpley Stoke Station and follow the line from there.Like the film you"ll love it!
- lewisrailway
- May 14, 2003
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- Also known as
- Der Titfield-Express
- Filming locations
- Freshford, Somerset, England, UK(Titfield village street and Valentine's house)
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- Gross worldwide
- $56
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) officially released in India in English?
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