The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train - 1931 | 72 mins | Comedy | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Walter Forde.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Script: Lajos Biró, Sidney Gilliat and Angus MacPhail. (from the play by Arnold Ridley)
Cinematography: Leslie Rowson.
Film Editing: Ian Dalrymple.
Art Direction: Walter W. Murton.

The Cast

Jack Hulbert - Teddy Deakin
Cicely Courtneidge - Miss Bourne
Donald Calthrop - Saul Hodgkin
Angela Baddeley - Julia Price
Cyril Raymond - Richard Winthrop
Ann Todd - Peggy Murdock

Plot Synopsis

Second of three versions of Arnold Ridley’s celebrated comedy-thriller about a ghost train that passes through a deserted Fal Vale station at night. Infantile Teddy Deakin (Jack Hulbert) of the passengers stranded at Fal Vale for the night, turns out to be a detective who reveals the "ghost train" is very real. Deakin unmasks the gang of smugglers bringing commie propaganda into England.