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The Ghost Train

6.1/10
TMDB38 votes
1941Original: English85 min

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Cast: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison, Peter Murray-Hill, Carole Lynne

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About The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train (1941) is a film in the comedy, horror, mystery, thriller genres. Directed by Walter Forde. The cast includes Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison, Peter Murray-Hill.

Released
1941-05-05
Original language
English
Runtime
85 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United Kingdom
Production companies
Gainsborough Pictures
Directors
Walter Forde
Writers
J.O.C. Orton, Val Guest, Arnold Ridley, Marriott Edgar

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Audience reviews

6.1/10 from 38 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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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…

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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.

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Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.

Who stars in The Ghost Train?

Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison, Peter Murray-Hill, Carole Lynne, Morland Graham. See the cast cards above for character names.

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