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The Ghost Train is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Walter Forde with Arthur Askey
The Ghost Train (1941)
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Add to a movie listThe Ghost Train is a 1941 English mystery thriller film directed by Walter Forde based on the 1923 play of the same name written by Arnold Ridley.
Synopsis
Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey), a vaudeville comedian, pulls the communication cord on a GWR express train, bringing it to a stop so he can retrieve his hat. Returning to the train, he escapes an angry conductor by ducking into a compartment occupied by attractive blonde Jackie Winthrop (Carole Lynne), whom Gander flirts with. Another passenger, Teddy (Richard Murdoch), has his eye on Jackie as well, but her companion Richard Winthrop (Peter Murray-Hill) ejects both of them from the compartment.Actors
Arthur Askey
(Tommy Gander)
Richard Murdoch
(Teddy Deakin)
Kathleen Harrison
(Miss Bourne)
Peter Murray-Hill
(Richard G. Winthrop)
Morland Graham
(Dr. Sterling)
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