The Ghost Train (1941) [Horror]
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- "The Ghost Train" is a 1941 British film directed by Walter Forde and was based on the 1923 play of the same name written by Arnold Ridley, who much later played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army. The story is about hijinks and chills ensue when a group become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches.
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Directed by Walter Forde, produced by Edward Black, written by Marriott Edgar (dialogue), Val Guest (dialogue), J.O.C. Orton (writer) and Arnold Ridley (play), starring Arthur Askey as Tommy Gander, Richard Murdoch as Teddy Deakin, Kathleen Harrison as Miss Bourne and Peter Murray-Hill as Richard G. Winthrop.
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Source: "The Ghost Train (1941 film)" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 20 April 2012. Web. 9 July 2012. en.wikipedia.or....
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The short dude was spot on with his part, I found him annoying but he fit in the story well, as an annoying personality. Can you imagine having him to deal with if you were waiting for a train in a train station and no one wants to be bothered with him, humorous
The short dude as you call him is indeed Arthur Askey. A highly successful vaudeville and film star. He’s definitely the star of the film.
@@simonf8902 love him
Funny thing is the little guy calling him TED.😂
I've never liked Arthur Askey but I have to admit I laughed at the tablecloth trick ("Look- they all stay on!") 53:35
Arthur Askey was a famous comedian back in the day check out another Arthur Askey film Back Room Boy
My late father’s favourite movie. We have watched it so many times. I remember him saying he had originally seen it at the local cinema as a boy
TRY THE LADY VANISHES FROM THE TRAIN. HITCHCOCK. 1938
This film is a great snap shot of folks living three generations ago. Apparently it was written as a play after the First World War and updated for the beginning of the Second. I think this explains the light heartedness and off hand humor during the much darker prospects facing England at the time. The Tea Time is classic. The commeidan/ performer recalls the great theatrical tradition of the English that appeared again in films like this.
Arthur Askey, the performer, seems more interesting to me each time I watch this film. Of course the character he plays, "Tommy Gander" is beyond annoying, a real horse's arse, and one just wants to slap him upside the head. But Arthur Askey himself is some kind of comic genius. His timing is impeccable. He's fearless in his physical comedy. A terrific gift for mimicry, especially of the railway guy who tries to scare them off with his tale of Ted (H)olmes. I think anyone else who played Tommy Gander would have ruined the movie (except for Robin Williams, I agree) but Askey characterized him so brilliantly that we keep watching in spite of Gander's silliness.
Askey served in the military in WW1. He was awarded the rank of CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), the highest rank just under that of Knight or Dame.
I've seen another of his films, forgot the title but he goes to a remote lighthouse during WWII, and he is great in that one too.
He was very well liked and respected by the British public and seems to have been a genuinely nice person.
Check out another Arthur Askey film Back Room Boy
Robin Williams??? You gotta be JOKING, right??
People tend to forget, there is such a thing as horror/ comedy. Zombieland, Hocus Pocus, Young Frankenstein are some examples. Abbott and Costello, Three Stooges, Little Rascals also tried their hands at it as well. Anyway, I love these old classics, they fit right along side of some of the old radio mystery stories as well. I find these perfect for late night enjoyment. Thanks for bringing them back.
Scott Frye- As did the Bowery Boys and Bela Lugosi (Mostly comedy and anticipation!) Abbott and Costello made several.
Me too the first time I watch it it kinda scared me. A little bit
As well as Stan and Ollie.
Exactly
This is not a horror movie! It’s a classic comedy with Arthur Askey.
It’s nice to see it listed, anyway!
Horror/comedy
I love this movie! I grew up with my grandmother, and learned there is nothing like a great classic movie, especially horror ones. The best, thank you for sharing.
agreed! nothing beats the old b/w horror mystery suspense thrillers. so glad your grandma shared these with you and passed on her passion to you.
Not that THIS, is horror 🤔⁉️
What a classic. I'm only in my late 20's but used to watch this with my Grandad when I was a little fellow. Never really picked up on the plot just re-watched it now after 20 years. Had a great laugh and brought back good memories! Not a bad plot too! ;) Thanks for the upload!
I bet you had a great time watching this with your grandad.
im always glad to hear a young person appreciate the old b/w movies that we seniors grew up with.
I’m nearly 33 and I known this movie nearly all my life. I know most of the words. It’s great for you to have good memories, especially with your grandad watching this movie!
Oscarmurphy89741… what a great memory. The old classics are often the plume print for many modern scrips. Enjoy your memories.
this bozo- or comedian or whatever he is he irritates me very much ... i will not see this movie ...
VERY well written thriller. Love this film! Have it on dvd, still watch it online additionally. :)
This horror movie deserves a remake.
Too good. Loved this film to bits!
Sad that in real life the little guy had to have both his legs amputated due to bad circulation and ended up passing away in 1982 or 1983. Such a nice guy.
Kathleen Harrison was an amazing actress. She always played a Londoner but she came from Lancashire. The man who wrote it, Arnold Ridley, was very famous for playing the part of Private Godfrey in the comedy series Dad's Army. He played a polite and gentle but doddering old man who lived with his two equally doddering sisters. If you don't know Dad's Army it is a classic British comedy and is well worth looking up.
Seriously, this piece of classic comedy needs restoring to its former sharp glory. It is truly a terror-ific film. Please... someone take the challenge on board.
No it doesn't it's good as it is. I hate HD.
I read somewhere that King George IV and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother enjoyed this movie. They both enjoyed movies that stared Arthur Askey.
I just love Kathleen Harrison, the parrot lady Miss Bourne. She played the really great Mrs. Dilbert in the 1951 A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim. She had 114 films to her credit. She lived to be 103 and only just passed away in 1995. I really wish I could have met her. The stories she must have had!
Thank you for placing Ms Harrison! I knew she looked and sounded familiar.
I love her in that version of A Christmas Carol. Her timing was impeccable.
I love that old lady to bits in every role she played~ there's a real gem.
She’s adorable in this one.
@@WaterShowsProd ..."to keep me mouth shut?"
A pretty Good Movie, I'll say !
A totally British Comedy !
The passing by the door gags left me laughing so much I couldn't catch my breath!
Poor old Ted still lying on the floor... "with the lamp still burrrrrning in his hand."
Thank you Timeless Classic Movies for bringing the old British movie back, lots of plots and turns, keeps ones interest.
Why is the sound so good on these old movie's
analog
Because recording engineers actually knew their business back then. Lucas and THX ruined film sound completely.
@@jupiterlegrand4817 how did they manage to do that?
New technology remasters... Welcome to the new age, bro.
Gun runners, from old mob days. Kinda cute how they did it... Cutes what we aim for
The Ghost Train
... more accurately, a comedy/thriller not a horror.
Arthur Askey seems like an anathema to most people in the comments... a style of comedy that is an anachronism or old-fashioned.
I have lost count of the number of times I've watched this movie. I love it! Re-watched it the first few times because of Kathleen Harrison, one of my absolute favorite actresses, then just got hooked on its being a "ripping good yarn." I do wish I could find a complete recording of Tommy Gander's song.
It is darkly comical to see Tommy Gander putting on a show in the midst of what (in the story) is potentially dangerous. Arthur Askey's portrayal of him is superb :)
Love these old movies!👍
Horror:. NO
Thriller:. YES
Not horror as it is today, but plays on suspense. Kind of slow at times, but that's part of it. Don't try to find deep meaning, just follow the story as it develops. Little guy is irritating, but not mean. Not nice to throw his phonograph out; karma is getting chess set burned. Fast paced, karma ending. Good performances by all. I love this movie. B+
When the comic genius stepped over the invisible dead body on the floor and pretended to trip....I cried laughing! He was so funny....thanks for the upload
@Alan Godden, people were more respectful back then. I love old films, and these old fashioned mysteries are great. It films like these probably touched audiences even more than audiences today would be. This was back in an age where people were more simple and naive, and believed that little bit more in things like ghost trains and such, which added a little more excitement to viewing these types of films
Tickets, please.
@Alan Godden yes!!!
I wonder if some of the train carriage scenes in A Hard Days Night were sourced from this film
Mr. Comic was not funny..and wrecked what might have been a good movie
Why can’t they make fine films like this any longer! Just green screen shit!
Back "Then" they (the actors) had to really ACT and SELL what they where doing. Think of the old Sci Fi show Dr. Who back in the later 60's to the 80's. You could see the zipper on most of the scary monster costumes... But the actors and actresses did an amazing job of selling each scene to the point you got drawn into it.. Now THAT'S acting ability!
A 100 time I started to Turn it off. because the little guy was too silly, but it Turn out. To be a good movie 👍👍👍👍.
Me too. I wonder if they had duck tape yet?
@@lindalcoomes 👍👍👍
@@lindalcoomes Duck tape & zip ties.
@@lindalcoomes Remember, Silence is golden but duck tape is silver!
i cant watch it.
classic b/w suspense. very clever.
Direto do Brasil!...Exelente filme!
First of all, thanks for posting such an all time great movie. But to call it "Horror" is WAY off the mark, this is pure comedy (What else could it be with Arthur Askey & Richard Murdoch teaming up in it?!) Having said that, I remember seeing this when I was 8 or 9 and it scared the living daylights out of me! It wasn't till I saw it years later that I was able to understand that it was a comedy...but being a child I focused on "The Ghost Train" and all the terrible things that were connected with it. I have lost count of the times I have seen this movie...must be 20 at least over the years...and it is still every bit as entertaining as it was when it was first released....not like the trash that masquerades as "Comedy" now days.
Funny how looking back at movies & such, you see them differently now. I think the same thing when I watch old cartoons, like Bugs Bunny, etc... Hope to find more like this. :~)
I'm 61, and was focusing on, the ghost train ☺️!!!
@@rogerrendzak8055 Glad to see I wasn't the only "Scaredy cat"! lol
@@doonsbury9656 With your username, I take it you're somewhat, my age. That, was a giveaway 😉👍!!!
@@rogerrendzak8055 69 last July Roger and yes, I got the "Doonsbury" tag way back when I was a Kid, probably close to the time that the Ghost Train had me pulling the blankets over my head! 😜🤣 Stay safe mate and keep watching those good movies! Cheers, Doons
LOL -- "I wish you'd cut your nails."
I enjoyed his little song even if the other passenger didn't lol
love this movie. i usually dont understand british comedy but this is awesome . everything is excellent.
I remember this movie from when I was a kid. I always remembered the scene with the ghost singing Rock of Ages. It seemed scarier then.
This brings back old childhood memories.
Can someone tell me what the heck the dour, to-wed couple carried? Metal railings? What tha? Is that an English contraption of which I do not know?
Thank you for sharing this. It's an old film and prints aren't great, but this is the clearest print I've seen.
Great old movie I enjoy watching back in those days good clean movies
And every year on the date of the accident it runs again as a warning to others plunging into the gap shrieking like a lost soul
What are you talking about?
@@tk420bro the ghost train I saw it last night
Well, that was a terrifically fun movie! I expected a spooky train story, got started with an annoying gag reel, and ended up with a trainload of nazis in a river!
I really love theses old movies 👍🏼🇦🇺👍🏼
Happy Halloween, Gainsborough Pictures!
Crazy, fun 😜 movie 👍. Loved it!
a gem that i return to, again and again.
This is technically a mislabelling as it was marketed as a mystery thriller but you are correct with the horror/comedy thing.
I'd like to see Tom Gander pop-up in the middle of every soap opera ever made anywhere....
Ah, the good ol days when there were were patriots ! 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
This is also a radio
play. i love it. let’s see how this one goes. 🎬🌷🌱
Adapted from the play written by Arnold Ridley - Private Godfrey in 'Dad's Army'
How in the world did they make movies in ww2 England 🇬🇧 while all that horribleness was going on over there.
Imagine if someone actually made a ghost train. Not to match the story, but as one big joke.
I first saw this movie on TV late one night when I was a child, it freaked me out. As I got older, I watched it online (including here/RUclips) and it has become one of my favourite movies. Arthur Askey makes me laugh everytime!
OMG! A horror story, really? Call it a comedy already!
Anyone who would give an Arthur Askey movie a 'Thumbs Down' just doesn't care for his brand of comedy. Well, here's something to think about (concerning this brand of comedy: Britain had been fighting Hitler for going on 2 years - and the people of England were living in a frightening time. When they had a chance to go to the cinema - they wanted something to cheer them up. Arthur Askey was loved by the people in these old War Movies. We had our same antics from Charlie Chan's sons and hist chauffeurs. Comic Relief. Dr. Watson was a bumbling old man in the Sherlock movies of this era (Nigel Bruce with Rathbone). They were made to give the war-torn survivors a bit of laughter in England. They were made to give the American's something to think about. They were ALL Excellent.
why could they stop a ghost train from a crash
I gave it a thumbs down bc it is titled as horror and it clearly isn't. If I wanted comedy perhaps I'd have enjoyed it. I hate being mislead.
Rampant Artist - It does develop into 'mild' horror (or what must have passed for horror back then) ..after about the 54 minute mark. Perhaps the uploader should have sub-titled it 'mild horror with 1940s humour'
Or dark humour, which it certainly would fall under. I don't think the uploader was intentionally misleading anyone. Not like MOST of the other intentional click-bait on here.
Did you watch the movie???
Tk u!! Awesome channel! Love classic mystery/horror!!!
Omg so amazing !!!😄😄😄😄😄
I wasn't going to watch this but the little man intrigued me and I ended up watching the whole movie. Lol..I have to say I enjoyed it. Thank you.:)
Hated the loud mouthed little guy..irritating as hell..so after 10 minutes i was outta here...
I lasted a bit longer (30 minutes). He put me off the movie, I have tried 2 times to see it, but, his stupidity & annoyance is "irrigation as hell", as you said.
I dropped after he continued to annoyed the man and his girlfriend on the train then he started to eat bird food. Why?
CLICK-BAIT....NOT Horror...a huge waste of so-called British comedy...CRAP at best...Just Stupid.
1 man talking so much he irritated all of them even me
Think how dull the film would've been without him.
Memorable classic.. 🇮🇴 🌎 🌍
My parents took me to see a stage version of this at the Chesterfield Civic Theatre in 1971 when I was 11 and it has haunted me ever since.
The little guy was so silly and had me laughing.
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MY NEXT NAPOLEON
Great story line, decent movie. Comedian was extremely annoying, however. Maybe back then the public had a higher tolerance for that sort of lunacy. I almost stopped watching early on, but I soldiered through 'til the end. Glad I did. Thanks for the upload.
Glad this exists here! One of my favourite old films from my childhood.
Were you a child growing up around the turn of the 1940s? If so, I envy you, I would've loved to have been around back then
Seriously, ten years I had been hoping to find a wee done channel for a collection like this, I don't p😊 plan on watching often, , the times I am running nostalgic, I have a reliable channel Ihave subscribed. Well Done
This was just shown in the open air here in Somerville, MA, but I missed it! Too bad. I'd have loved to find out what Yanks today think of ol' Big Hearted Arthur!
Well, I love him. I love the song and his comedy partner. This is a great flick. I like fast paced humour or humor as we spell it here in Yankdom. XD
Wow THIS WAS SHOWN AT DAVIS SQ. I LIVE IN MEDFORD MA. SIMILAR TWO. ONE STEP BEYOND WERES PAPA.
This Connecticut Yankee thinks he's a comic genius. Along the lines of Robin Williams.
@@rollinmark8952 He'd say "Ayyy Thenk Yu!"
This was my first movie on youtube.
Original play by Arnold Ridley who played Private Godfrey in Dads Army. Great fun.
This movie was my parents' generation, and I was imagining watching this in a theater in the 40s. The difference between the feelings people had leaving the theater then and now is really sad. Then people left feeling they'd been entertained. Now we leave feeling depressed and sometimes nauseated to boot. Of course I'm speaking in general here, but the notion of entertainment changed with my generation, in my opinion for the worst. I think if someone created a movie today that moved audiences the way movies did back then it would be a huge success.
Hey, how did the 'Professor' (Russell Johnson) from Gilligan's Island, sneak aboard @09:41 😁???
There is no way John Carpenter wasn't thinking of this when he made The Fog..
This is wonderfully funny. The comedian reminds me of the blessed, sainted Robin Williams.
This is real old fashioned classic British humor, way back during a time before Monty Python, Faulty towers, and the Carry on series
R.W? The universe is a better place without that racist scuzzbucket.
I signed on this train for a horror movie, not a bullshit comedy.
15:57 A familiar face. Scrooges Housekeeper. The 1951 Scrooge with Alistair Sims, my favourite!!
When the maid nods to Alistair Sim that he should go into his nephews party is my favorite!! Nobody does Scrooge better than Alistair Sim!!
Yes...... and the lady who stole his bed curtains.
George C Scott the defenative scrooge...
I love Albert Finney in "Scrooge" He's such a great actor. It was hard to believe that he was only 34 years old!
@@rollinmark8952 ...several notches below Alistair Sim.. Attempting a (partial) musical is not keeping with the serious tone of Scrooge
This is the best version~ the 1931 movie with Jack Hulbert wasn't near so entertaining.
Best line in the movie: "You decide. Is it either or either." Answer: "It's neither."
Horror? Funny? Neither!
Dr. Skulhamr A very similar film and to me slightly better, is the Will Hay, Matt Marriot and Graham Moffatt 1937 film called 'Oh Mr Porter'. It is full of Will Hays humour, and his stooges sometimes get a share of the laughs, but it is also dated.
This is a story about passengers stuck overnight on a train station and the station was kept open to accommodate them. Similarly, sixty years later, on September 11, 2001, an airport was kept open to accommodate stranded passengers in real life and on a much larger scale. For some reason, the name Gander seems to take part in both stories.
Haven't seen this in a while!! Lol!! Love the oldies! Thank you TCM for the amazing entertainment.
The good old days of men in suits, steam engines and smoking allowed on the train. The golden years...
FrightfulAccountant Yeah golden years for that but shit for brains movies.
*Fight*
*You ARE an IDIOT of Course!!!*
No antibiotics, primitive dentistry and high death rate at birth. Where's my fedora?
The golden teeth years . . . No pearly whites with all of that smoking going on.
Never liked men in suits..look too much like undertakers..
This movie is so good!
So glad I found your channel 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Okay, Arthur Askey was probably my favorite part of this film. Just the random 1940s slapstick he does is entertaining, even without context.
more comedy than horror but fun English humor
This is a great film. I love me some good mystery once in a while.
Vid Q 240 p... my TV from the 60's had better resolution. Unbearable. Some remasters be nice.
And every year on the date of the accident it runs again as a warning to others plunging into the gap shrinking like a lost soul
Funny right from the start "I wish you'd cut your nails" ha ha ha 😂
NOT horror. It's got some intriguing twists but it drags in the middle and Tom Gander character is utterly annoying.
He's supposed to be annoying.
Great classics, thanks.
I think that little bugger in this movie was too over the top. To the point of annoyance.
Amazing! Very happy that I took the time to see this classic. Ty for posting this 👍🏼