The Ghost Train
A disparate group of travelers becomes stuck overnight at a remote rural railway station, where they uncover a local superstition about a ghost train that traverses these rails after midnight, said to carry the spirits of those lost in a long-ago wreck nearby.
Director(s)
Walter Forde
Where to watch
Artiflix
Free
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A storm causes a disparate group of passengers to become stranded overnight at a rural railway station. Before the superstitious station master leaves them for the night, he regales them with a tale of a phantom train that reputedly travels the adjacent closed line at night. He returns shortly afterwards, dies of shock - and we get treated to a rather theatrical mystery as they investigate what's going on... Kathleen Harrison is quite good as the dipsomaniac "Miss Bourne" as is Raymond Huntley as "Price" but the rest of the cast struggle to eclipse the domineering performance of the film's star Arthur Askey who, frankly, annoys his fellow travellers and the audience in equal measure. I suspect that those who enjoy this film will be fans of his Vaudevillian style of comedy; I'm afraid it doesn't much work for me and what could have been a fun little ghost story ended up being quite disappointing.
The Ghost Train FAQs
Walter Forde is the director of The Ghost Train.
The cast of The Ghost Train includes Linden Travers as Julia Price, Wallace Bosco as Ted Holmes, Stuart Latham as Herbert Perkins, Morland Graham as Dr. Sterling, Herbert Lomas as Saul Hodgkin, George Merritt as Inspector, Sidney Monckton as Train Guard, Arthur Askey as Tommy Gander, Richard Murdoch as Teddy Deakin, Kathleen Harrison as Miss Bourne, Peter Murray-Hill as Richard G. Winthrop, Carole Lynne as Jackie Winthrop, and more.
The duration of The Ghost Train is 1h 25 mins.
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The Ghost Train was released on 05 May 1941.
The Ghost Train is listed under Comedy, Horror, Mystery, and Thriller on Fanbiz.
The Ghost Train has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "A storm causes a disparate group of passengers to become stranded overnight at a rural railway station. Before the superstitious station master leaves them for the night, he reg..."
