The Ghost Train (1931 film)

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The Ghost Train is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd.[1] It is based on the play The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley. The film's art direction was by Walter Murton.

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The Ghost Train
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The film's main characters in the station's waiting room
Directed byWalter Forde
Written byLajos Bíró
Angus MacPhail
Sidney Gilliat
Based onThe Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley
Produced byMichael Balcon
Phil C. Samuel
StarringJack Hulbert
Cicely Courtneidge
Ann Todd
Cyril Raymond
CinematographyLeslie Rowson
Edited byIan Dalrymple
Production
company
Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • 4 January 1932 (1932-01-04)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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Thought to have been lost for some years, parts of the film (5 reels of images with 2 reels of sound) were recovered in a very decomposed state. It was part of the British Film Institute campaign in 1992 to locate missing movies.[2]