Titfield Thunderbolt

Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 regular
Sound: Mono
Year made: 1953
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 80 mins.
Print: Colour
Discs: 1
Genre: Comedy

Starring:
Stanley Holloway .... Valentine
George Relph .... Sam Weech
Naunton Wayne .... George Blakeworth
John Gregson .... Gordon
Godfrey Tearle .... Ollie Matthews, Bishop of Welchester
Hugh Griffith .... Dan
Gabrielle Brune .... Joan
Sid James .... Hawkins (as Sidney James)

If you are, like myself, a fervent anglophile and a terminal railway enthusiast, 'Titfield Thunderbolt' is the film you've spent your whole life seeking for in vain. That charming tale of a village's fight to keep its railway line active celebrates British countryside, trains and traditional values in a quite irresistible way, enhanced by a great cast and a superb technicolor. Despite being not among best-ranked Ealing comedies, 'Titfield Thunderbolt' still is a great feel-good movie, one you're glad to see on rainy or spleen days.

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