Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance pamphleteer and a host of familiar types, all more-or-less bizarre in characteristically English ways. Bob takes an unexpected course of action, and the characters start interacting in varied and unexpected ways. When, at last, the train stops, all has been resolved, but not as might have been expected at the beginning of the journey.
Cast
Godfrey Tearle
Sir Wilfred Rhodes
Hugh Williams
Gerald Winter
Judy Gunn
Diana Gregory
Mickey Brantford
Tom
Julien Mitchell
Bob Holt
Olga Lindo
Mrs. Holt
Michael Hogan
Charlie
Frank Pettingell
Goddard
Eliot Makeham
Pip
Eve Gray
Daisy
Sydney Fairbrother
Mrs. Grebe
Sam Wilkinson
The Stutterer
Viola Compton
Miss Smith
John Lloyd
The Steward
Nelson Keys
The Frenchman
Aubrey Mallalieu
Mulchester Doctor
Cyril Smith
Postal Sorter
Crew
Bernard Vorhaus
Director
H. Fowler Mear
Screenplay
John Soutar
Screenplay
Joseph Jefferson Farjeon
Story
Lister Laurance
Editor
William Luff
Director of Photography
Percy Strong
Director of Photography
James Davidson
Assistant Director
John Brahm
Production Supervisor
Julius Hagen
Producer
Leo Wilkins
Sound Recordist
Baynham Honri
Sound Recordist
W.L. Trytel
Original Music Composer
Jack Harris
Supervising Editor
James A. Carter
Art Direction
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