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.
1931 film
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![]() The film's main characters in the station's waiting room | |
Directed by | Walter Forde |
Written by | Lajos Bíró Angus MacPhail Sidney Gilliat |
Based on | The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley |
Produced by | Michael Balcon Phil C. Samuel |
Starring | Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneidge Ann Todd Cyril Raymond |
Cinematography | Leslie Rowson |
Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
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Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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]