- Actors: Michael Craig, Anne Helm, Jeff Donnell, Alan Hale Jr., Noel Purcell
- Directors: Gerald Thomas
- Format: PAL, Colour, Full Screen
- Language English
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Classification: U
- Studio: DD Home Entertainment
- VHS Release Date: 22 April 2002
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000634BP
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 210 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Format:VHS Tape
This is one of those films that are, for some inexplicable reason, very difficult to get hold of, which is a pity as it is great fun.
Michael Craig. Ann Helm. Alan Hale Jr. Cecil Parker.
Set in those dim and distant days when Britain still had an aircraft industry, in fact it was so good that we used to sell aircraft abroad, even to the Americans.
In this film Hale who owns a U.S. airline has come to Britain to look at potential new jet aircraft for his fleet, he has brought along his beautiful daughter, played by Ann Helm.
One of our firms has a winner, but the efforts of the makers led by Cecil Parker, to sell it are continually frustrated by their chief designer, played by Craig who is far more interested in his beloved steam traction engine, the titular Iron Maiden.
Hale and Craig get off to a very bad start but when Hale is forced by circumstances beyond his control to crew up on the Maiden en route to a traction engine rally, he starts to enjoy himself.
Well, sleeping under a tarpaulin in a field and then having a proper English breakfast cooked on a huge shovel in the engines firebox appeal to Hales character, and he does throw himself into this with great enthusiasm.
Then they arrive on time to enter the rally, a fine sight indeed.
This is a film to make you smile, all the players seem to be having great fun making this, and that in a film is infectious, you feel it, and join in.
Do the Americans buy Parkers jet passenger plane?, does Craig get the girl?, see for yourself.
The aircraft itself is rather strangely a Handley Page Victor, one of Britains then three V- bomber deterents, the others being the Avro Vulcan and Vickers Valiant, its complete in anti nuclear flash white paint, this is a very elegant aircraft and there is some very good footage, in flight and on the runway, for aircraft buffs well worth watching.
Would have made a very cramped airliner.
The Iron Maiden. 1962. Great Britain.
Q. Why are there reviews for iron maiden the pop group mixed in with this ?.
Michael Craig. Ann Helm. Alan Hale Jr. Cecil Parker.
Set in those dim and distant days when Britain still had an aircraft industry, in fact it was so good that we used to sell aircraft abroad, even to the Americans.
In this film Hale who owns a U.S. airline has come to Britain to look at potential new jet aircraft for his fleet, he has brought along his beautiful daughter, played by Ann Helm.
One of our firms has a winner, but the efforts of the makers led by Cecil Parker, to sell it are continually frustrated by their chief designer, played by Craig who is far more interested in his beloved steam traction engine, the titular Iron Maiden.
Hale and Craig get off to a very bad start but when Hale is forced by circumstances beyond his control to crew up on the Maiden en route to a traction engine rally, he starts to enjoy himself.
Well, sleeping under a tarpaulin in a field and then having a proper English breakfast cooked on a huge shovel in the engines firebox appeal to Hales character, and he does throw himself into this with great enthusiasm.
Then they arrive on time to enter the rally, a fine sight indeed.
This is a film to make you smile, all the players seem to be having great fun making this, and that in a film is infectious, you feel it, and join in.
Do the Americans buy Parkers jet passenger plane?, does Craig get the girl?, see for yourself.
The aircraft itself is rather strangely a Handley Page Victor, one of Britains then three V- bomber deterents, the others being the Avro Vulcan and Vickers Valiant, its complete in anti nuclear flash white paint, this is a very elegant aircraft and there is some very good footage, in flight and on the runway, for aircraft buffs well worth watching.
Would have made a very cramped airliner.
The Iron Maiden. 1962. Great Britain.
Q. Why are there reviews for iron maiden the pop group mixed in with this ?.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This is a charming film about an aircraft designer, an airline owner and their dispute over the former's passion for an old showmans engine.
Very much in the vein of Genevieve and the Titfield Thunderbolt, the predictabilty of the story prevented this from becoming quite so fondly remembered as the others.
Delightfully, this film contains no long haired rock bands at all.... The other reviews seem to justfy a lot of peoples opinions of heavy metallers
Very much in the vein of Genevieve and the Titfield Thunderbolt, the predictabilty of the story prevented this from becoming quite so fondly remembered as the others.
Delightfully, this film contains no long haired rock bands at all.... The other reviews seem to justfy a lot of peoples opinions of heavy metallers
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I had been searching for this dvd for a present for my son for a long time .When i found it i was so pleased. The communication from the seller was excellent , as was the product. It was a very speedy delivery and was packed very well . It arrived in perfect condition .excellent.
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