The Ghost Train – 1941 | 85 mins | Comedy, Thriller | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Sparkling comedy treatment invests the old stage success with entertaining life thanks to the hilarious mimicry and nonsensical patter of Arthur Askey, abetted by stooge Richard ‘Stinker’ Murdoch. This was director Walter Forde’s flag-waving remake of his now largely lost 1931 version by Jack Hulbert.

Eight people find themselves stranded at Fal Vale junction in Cornwall. Forced to stay the night, they are regaled by the stationmaster’s tales of The Ghost Train that hurtles through the station. The ‘ghost’ turns out to be a gang of fifth-columnists running arms (smugglers in earlier film versions of the story), who are routed by comedian Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey) and his friend Teddy (Richard Murdoch). Slow to start, but lots of laughs and thrills later.