Train of Events
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Casts & Crew
Jack Warner
Gladys Henson
Patric Doonan
Valerie Hobson
Joan Dowling
Olga Lindo
Susan Shaw
Philip Dale
Miles Malleson
Leslie Phillips
Percy Walsh
Will Ambro
John Clements
Irina Baronova
John Gregson
Gwen Cherrell
Jacqueline Byrne
Neal Arden
Thelma Grigg
Laurence Payne
Denis Webb
Peter Finch
Mary Morris
Laurence Naismith
Doris Yorke
Michael Hordern
Charles Morgan
Mark Dignam
Guy Verney
Philip Ashley
Bryan Coleman
Henry Hewitt
Lyndon Brook
Also Directed by Charles Crichton
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A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.
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A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.
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Also Directed by Basil Dearden
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The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
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A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.
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Also Directed by Sidney Cole
A short film on Republican efforts to improve education standards during the Spanish Civil War.
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