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  • Train of Events (1949)
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    88 min | Comedy, Drama
Train of Events (1949)
Approved
88 min | Comedy, Drama

A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them, and how they deal with it.
Directors
Sidney Cole (segments: The Engine Driver) | Charles Crichton (segments: The Composer) | Basil Dearden (segments: The Actor, The Prisoner-of-War)
Writers
Basil Dearden (original screenplay) | T.E.B. Clarke (original screenplay) | Ronald Millar (original screenplay) | Angus MacPhail (original screenplay) (as Angus Macphail)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Aug 18, 1949

Release date
May 24, 1952 (United States)

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Cast

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40 cast members
Name Known for
Jack Warner
Jim Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") Jim Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver")   See fewer
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") Mrs. Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver")   See fewer
Susan Shaw
Doris Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver") Doris Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver")   See fewer
Patric Doonan
Ron Stacey (segment "The Engine Driver") (as Patrick Doonan/Patric Doonan) Ron Stacey (segment "The Engine Driver") (as Patrick Doonan/Patric Doonan)   See fewer
Philip Dale
Hardcastle's Fireman (segment "The Engine Driver") Hardcastle's Fireman (segment "The Engine Driver")   See fewer
Miles Malleson
Johnson, the Timekeeper (segment "The Engine Driver") Johnson, the Timekeeper (segment "The Engine Driver")   See fewer
Leslie Phillips
Stacey's Fireman (segment "The Engine Driver") Stacey's Fireman (segment "The Engine Driver")   See fewer
Percy Walsh
District Superintendent (segment "The Engine Driver") District Superintendent (segment "The Engine Driver")   See fewer
Will Ambro
Lancashire Railwayman (segment "The Engine Driver") Lancashire Railwayman (segment "The Engine Driver")   See fewer
Valerie Hobson
Stella (segment "The Composer") Stella (segment "The Composer")   See fewer
John Clements
Raymond Hillary (segment "The Composer") Raymond Hillary (segment "The Composer")   See fewer
Irina Baronova
Irina Norozova (segment "The Composer") Irina Norozova (segment "The Composer")   See fewer
John Gregson
Malcolm Murray-Bruce (segment "The Composer") Malcolm Murray-Bruce (segment "The Composer")   See fewer
Gwen Cherrell
Charmian (segment "The Composer") Charmian (segment "The Composer")   See fewer
Jacqueline Byrne
Television Announcer (segment "The Composer") Television Announcer (segment "The Composer")   See fewer
Neal Arden
The Compere (segment "The Composer") The Compere (segment "The Composer")   See fewer
Thelma Grigg
The Harpist (segment "The Composer") The Harpist (segment "The Composer")   See fewer
Joan Dowling
Ella (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") Ella (segment "The Prisoner-of-War")   See fewer
Laurence Payne
Richard (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") Richard (segment "The Prisoner-of-War")   See fewer
Olga Lindo
Mrs. Bailey (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") Mrs. Bailey (segment "The Prisoner-of-War")   See fewer
Denis Webb
Clerk at Shipping Office (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") Clerk at Shipping Office (segment "The Prisoner-of-War")   See fewer
Peter Finch
Philip Mason (segment "The Actor") Philip Mason (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Mary Morris
Louise (segment "The Actor") Louise (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Laurence Naismith
Joe Hunt (segment "The Actor") Joe Hunt (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Doris Yorke
Mrs. Hunt (segment "The Actor") Mrs. Hunt (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Michael Hordern
First Plain Clothes Man (segment "The Actor") First Plain Clothes Man (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Charles Morgan
Second Plain Clothes Man (segment "The Actor") Second Plain Clothes Man (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Mark Dignam
Bolingbroke (segment "The Actor") Bolingbroke (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Guy Verney
The Producer (segment "The Actor") The Producer (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Philip Ashley
Actor (segment "The Actor") Actor (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Bryan Coleman
Actor (segment "The Actor") Actor (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Henry Hewitt
Actor (segment "The Actor") Actor (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Lyndon Brook
Actor (segment "The Actor") Actor (segment "The Actor")   See fewer
Peter Burton
Second Clerk at Shipping Office (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") (uncredited) Second Clerk at Shipping Office (segment "The Prisoner-of-War") (uncredited)   See fewer
Arthur Hambling
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Victor Harrington
Theatre Audience (uncredited) Theatre Audience (uncredited)   See fewer
Anthony Quayle
Violinist (uncredited) Violinist (uncredited)   See fewer
Johnnie Schofield
First Aid Man at Crash Site (uncredited) First Aid Man at Crash Site (uncredited)   See fewer
Wylie Watson
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Meadows White
Train Guard (uncredited) Train Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
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