The Titfield thunderbolt [videorecording] / the J. Arthur Rank Organisation presents an Ealing Studios/Michael Balcon production ; original screenplay by T.E.B. Clarke ; produced by Michael Truman ; directed by Charles Crichton.
Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Godfrey Tearle, Hugh Griffith, Gabrielle Brune, Sidney James, Reginald Beckwith, Edie Martin, Michael Trubshawe Jack McGowran, Ewan Roberts, Herbert C. Walton. Originally released as a motion picture in 1953, c1952 in the United Kingdom. The British government, having nationalized the railways in 1947, announces that the Titfield-Mallingford Railway is being replaced by an "alternative passenger omnibus service". Titfield locals rally to save operate the line independently, thanks to a loophole in the 1947 Transport Act. A rival company conspires to prevent the comeback.
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