A comical and delightful tale of community spirit, written by celebrated Ealing regular and Academy Award® Winner T.E.B. Clarke (The Lavender Hill Mob, Barnacle Bill), directed by Charles Crichton (A Fish Called Wanda, The Lavender Hill Mob) 1953's THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT tells the story of the inhabitants of the tiny village of Titfield, who endeavor to prove that their single-track railway is a vital form of transportation in this digitally-restored classic from Ealing Studios, whose output from the 1940s and 1950s helped define the Golden Age for British Cinema and the birthplace of the most delectable crop of films to decorate postwar cinema.
After British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line, a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves...
Continue reading: THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT arrives on Blu-ray for the First Time in North America Dec. 31 from Film Movement in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic)
-
|