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The Titfield Thunderbolt [VHS] [1953]

VHS ~ Stanley Holloway
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Godfrey Tearle
  • Directors: Charles Crichton
  • Writers: T.E.B. Clarke
  • Producers: Michael Balcon, Michael Truman
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 6 Jul 1998
  • Run Time: 80 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CK6E
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,803 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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A classic comedy from the Ealing Studios. When an antiquated railway line is threatened with closure, the village community decide to run it themselves, entering into a frenzied comic competition with the local bus route.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Supplement to a Great Book!, 19 Aug 2001
By Henry J. Blackmore (Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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Reading Simon Winchester's great book "The Map that Changed the World" reminded me of this movie which I saw with our children in the 1950s and in which they greatly delighted. Winchester describes how William Smith discovered so much of the geological strata of Great Britain in the early nineteenth century through studying the landscape and underground conditions of the region around Bath and Bristol. He describes how Smith supervised the cutting of a canal between Limpley Stoke and Camerton, the later route of the very railway on which the "Titfield Thunderbolt" was shot. This piece of information made me go and buy a video of the movie to see the landscape which enthralled William Smith. Indeed, there is more to this movie than the plot or the actors - apart from the train itself of course!
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A polished relic of a glorious age!, 5 Feb 2001
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Vintage Ealing comedy for trainspotters everywhere. When British Rail decides to rationalise the Titfield-Mallingford line out of existence,Villagers band together to run their own train. Eccentric Stanley Holloway puts up the cash so he can drink all day in the buffet car,The Reverend George Relph drives with visiting Bishop Godfrey Tearle stoking. But can the Thunderbolt be saved from devious local bus company bosses?
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Feel good at it's best, 6 Jan 2006
This review is from: The Titfield Thunderbolt [DVD] [1953] (DVD)
This was the first of the Ealing Studios films that I ever saw, and it is one of my most favourites. True, the plot isn't as strong as the wonderful Lady Killers or Lavender Hill Mob, but the nostalgic scenery and images of a since long gone era make it the perfect film to watch on a cold winter afternoon. If this doesn't warm your heart, nothing will!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious fun
A fine little movie this. Quiet and unassuming, whimsical and comic yet here we have a bunch of stalwart Brits standing up against the uncaring establishment. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. Patricia Bark

2.0 out of 5 stars One of the more mediocre Ealing films
After enjoying watching "The Ladykillers" and "Passport to Pimlico" recently , I was a little disappointed with "The Titfield Thunderbolt". Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2006 by L. Davidson

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable tosh
Without any hint of the dark side that made films like 'Kind Hearts and Coronets', 'The Ladykillers' and 'The Lavender Hill Mob' so enthralling (not to say ahead of their time),... Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2003 by K. Paver

5.0 out of 5 stars More like this, please ...
How anybody can criticise such a film (see below) is totally beyond me.

A harmless, feel-good, jaunty film with sunny skies, good old steam railways and rolling, wooded... Read more

Published on 14 Feb 2002 by Michael J. Taylor

1.0 out of 5 stars A poor film from the Ealing stable
From the studio that brought us 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' and 'The Man In The White Suit' and the writer of 'Passport to Pimlico', come 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', an increadibly... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars All Steamed Up.
'We were only out to provide entertainment that would fill cinemas on a rainy afternoon in post-war Britain'. That's how T.E.B. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2000

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