The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

Directors

Charles Crichton

Cast

Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Godfrey Tearle, Hugh Griffith, Gabrielle Brune

The story

The residents of the village of Titfield are shocked to learn that their railway branch line to the town of Mallingford is to be closed. Sam Weech, the local vicar and a railway enthusiast, and Gordon Chesterford, the village squire, decide to take over the line by setting up a company through a light railway order. On securing financial backing from Walter Valentine, a wealthy man with a fondness for social drinking, the men learn that the Ministry of Transport will allow them a month's trial period, after which they must pass an inspection to make the order permanent.

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