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Train of Events is a British film of genre Drama directed by Basil Dearden with Jack Warner
Train of Events (1949)
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Add to a movie listTrain of Events is a 1949 British portmanteau film made by Ealing Studios and directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden. It tells the story about a train that crashes into a stalled petrol tanker at a level (grade) crossing, and then flashes back and tells four different stories about some of the passengers before the crash.
Synopsis
The film opens with a long shot of a Liverpool-bound train waiting to depart from Euston station in London. The train leaves with various characters on board.Actors
Jack Warner
(Jim Hardcastle)
Peter Finch
(Philip Mason)
Valerie Hobson
(Stella)
Susan Shaw
(Doris Hardcastle)
Miles Malleson
(Johnson, the Timekeeper)
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