The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles CrichtonDirector
- Sidney ColeDirector
- Ronald MillarScreenplay
- Basil DeardenScreenplay
- Angus MacPhailScreenplay
- T. E. B. ClarkeScreenplay
- Basil DeardenDirector
Cast
- Jack WarnerJim Hardcastle
- Gladys HensonMrs. Hardcastle
- Patric DoonanRon Stacey
- Valerie HobsonStella
- Joan DowlingElla
- Olga LindoMrs. Bailey
- Susan ShawDoris Hardcastle
- Philip DaleHardcastle's Fireman
- Miles MallesonJohnson, the Timekeeper
- Leslie PhillipsStacey's Fireman
- Percy WalshDistrict Superintendent
- Will AmbroLancashire Railwayman