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The Ghost Train

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After his hat flies out the window of a speeding train, passenger and music-hall performer Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey) yanks the emergency brake, causing the train to stop. All the passengers are stuck in rural Cornwall, England that night, unable to get a connecting train for hours. The stationmaster, Saul Hodgkin (Herbert Lomas), wants them gone for mysterious reasons, so he tells them a scary story about a ghost train that passes through every night, hoping that will do the trick.
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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jan 9, 2024
3/5
...stands up pretty well as a film seen from nearly eighty years later; the comedy is sharp, the mystery is neat and the suspense elements elaborate;... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 1, 2008
B-
A fair example of how lowbrow Music Hall British comedy worked in the 1940s. Go to Full Review
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Horror fan 4 @Horrorfan4life 1 day ago Well this was a lot of fun. This movie had wacky characters and one screwball employee with glasses who was really funny. I really enjoyed this horror comedy but the sound quality in some shots was bad. Definitely should've been reshot. The performances were were good. Wish the movie was a little longer. Timothy Treakle See more
Melissa L @Agent99 Jun 23, 2026 The movie is not really spooky, but a interesting mystery made during the earlier years of WWII. See more
isla s @RT89656869 Sep 3, 2022 I found this quite amusing, with Arthur Askey playing the comic Tommy Gander - most of the comedy comes from him (although not all). The characters are varied and mostly quite pleasant. The comedy is quite gentle (as said, amusing not hilarious) but it certainly entertained me regardless. Its quite a warm hearted film I suppose. The old fashioned special effects/visual effects add a sort of quaintness to it. I enjoyed this film, how the characters both bickered and got on with one another and everything. I would recommend it. See more
May 1, 2020 The best surprise in The Ghost Train is that it is not a horror movie as its title and premise would have you believe. It is a comedy and an unexpectedly funny one. Arthur Askey's humor is not at all modern but is just as funny as anything put out today, if not in the same way. His constant joking and buffoonery elevate the movie from being another uninspired 40s horror/mystery. See more
Sep 9, 2018 Given it's age a wonderful example of its time and primarily a vehicle for Arthur Askey to display his comedy skills. It''s impossible not to laugh at the (now) corny jokes and admire the timing. See more
Feb 9, 2015 Classic Ghost story that still manages to chill you to the bone as a group of passengers are left stranded at an old train station for the night....the night that the ghost train is alleged to pass through the station...! See more
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Synopsis After his hat flies out the window of a speeding train, passenger and music-hall performer Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey) yanks the emergency brake, causing the train to stop. All the passengers are stuck in rural Cornwall, England that night, unable to get a connecting train for hours. The stationmaster, Saul Hodgkin (Herbert Lomas), wants them gone for mysterious reasons, so he tells them a scary story about a ghost train that passes through every night, hoping that will do the trick.
Director
Walter Forde
Production Co
Gainsborough Pictures
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 16, 2007
Runtime
1h 25m
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