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Train of Events is a 1949 British portmanteau film made by Ealing Studios, directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner, Peter Finch and Valerie Hobson. The film premiered on 18 August 1949 at the Gaumont Haymarket in London.
Train of Events: Directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden. With Jack Warner, Gladys Henson, Susan Shaw, Patric Doonan. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden
- 1949-12-23
Sep 7, 2022 · Train of Events is a 1949 British portmanteau film made by Ealing Studios and directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden. It begins with a train that is heading for a crash into a stalled petrol tanker at a level crossing and then flashes back and tells four different stories about some of the passengers.
Train 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.
- Charles Crichton, Sidney Cole, Basil Dearden
Thoroughly enjoyable portmanteau film, with three directors in charge of different interwoven dramatic strands, commencing with a train crash and continuing in flashback to fill in the lives of various passengers and the driver in the three days leading up to the disaster.
- Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Sidney Cole
- Ealing Studios
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.
A train that crashes into a stalled petrol tanker at a level crossing, then the 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.
