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The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train

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Overview

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.

Directed by Walter Forde
Written by J.O.C. Orton, Val Guest, Arnold Ridley
Produced by Edward Black
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Top Cast

Arthur Askey

Arthur Askey

Tommy Gander

Richard Murdoch

Richard Murdoch

Teddy Deakin

Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison

Miss Bourne

Peter Murray-Hill

Peter Murray-Hill

Richard G. Winthrop

Carole Lynne

Carole Lynne

Jackie Winthrop

Morland Graham

Morland Graham

Dr. Sterling

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Betty Jardine

Edna Hopkins

Stuart Latham

Stuart Latham

Herbert Perkins

Herbert Lomas

Herbert Lomas

Saul Hodgkin

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

John Price

Themes & Keywords

world war iicomedianloversbased on play or musicalcornwall, englandtrain crashstrandedrural areatrainstormdrunkghost storyghosttunnelwaiting roomengaged couplerationingpassengersticket officetrain carriage

About The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train is a comedy, horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1941 exploring themes of world war ii, comedian, lovers, based on play or musical, cornwall, england, train crash. Directed by Walter Forde, it stars Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison. 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.

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