Might not be the most accurate rendition of the '39 steps' but it's def my favourite....Some great actors...Kenny More is wonderful of course...the wonderful A4 pacific loco scenes and sounds...proper corridor coaches and smart station staff....incredible scenery in Scotland ...Love it❤ ❤Btw. I understand that the sets were so real that Betty Box the producer actually went into the fake phone box featured in a later scene to make a call!🤣 Oh and I've actually travelled across the Forth on that car ferry featured in this clip at 2:04 ! Wish I still had the photos I took!
I am a massive fan of the novel, the thirty nine steps, and have read the book countless times. I have, however, only ever watched the Robert don't version .
@@craigappleton938 Just about every film, but was uncredited in very many. We used to play a game while watching old films - spot Sam Kydd. I can't imagine he was unemployed for long.
I KNEW it was the Firth of Forth bridge from the very 1st external scene with the bridge in the distance - its unmistakable profile to this lifetime civil engineer / railroad buff.
I didn’t know which bridge it was and was worried when they stopped the train on the bridge. I was impressed that it was designed to take the static weight of, I assume, two trains.
@@Tesserae This Firth of Forth bridge, & the Quebec Bridge over the St Lawrence Seaway, were the very 1st large span steel cantilever bridges in the world (the Eads Bridge in St Louis is often included w/these 2 based on era & span length, but it is a steel arch, NOT cantilever), & are both very unique, redundant, VERY over designed structures. Steel design was in it's very infancy as a mathematical design field, as was mass produced steel metallurgy. Thus, "factors of safety" are in the many multiples. Thus the huge member sizes. Any structural design must take into account 'worst case scenario", so yes, for a 2 track railroad on the bridge, the design must accommodate 2 fully loaded trains, in opposite directions, moving at max speed (the load is greater if moving than static). Look up the "Tay Estuary Bridge Collapse" to see a perfect example of failing to meet these criteria, & many lessons learned applied to the Firth & Quebec bridges (the Quebec bridge had a collapse too but more to do w/construction methods).
I love this film. Perhaps my favourite version, though the 1978 one with Robert Powell is closer to the fabulous John Buchan book as is the original Hitchcock film.
"Hey, we've got a timetable to keep, can't wait here all day!" How times have changed. If this was today, the whole line north of Edinburgh would be closed for hours.
Kenneth Moore fantastic,Sam kydd cameo performance ,who played the police inspector ,great British character actor Brilliant for a wet Sunday afternoon in front of the fire👍
The trouble with most railway films is getting the details wrong, one example being the dubbed whistle at 2:44. Compare with the correct chime whistle later in the clip.
There's a Simpsons clip where Homer beats a train at a grade crossing. A bunch of Train nerds ("Foamers") got into a huge discussion in the Comments section about how they got the whistle wrong, &/or about the type of locomotive depicted. Yes, a Simpsons clip!!!
In both "The Great Locomotive Chase" & "Von Ryan's Express" they filmed actual railway workers performing a "flying coupling", which is the worker jumping in & throwing the coupling lever just as the trains hit, before they bounce back, to make the couple quickly & efficiently. This was totally banned by most railroad regulatory agencies around the world by the late 1960's due to the vast number of fatalities & disfiguring injuries sustained on the job from such practices. These moves, documented by Hollywood film crews, could not be reproduced by stunt men, at any cost, nowadays.
@@jackdeniston6150 I used to go from Tenterfield to Sydney twice a year on these trains they pulled the line up some years after I left in 64 Regretting it now
The rail car design is horrific an accident waiting to happen any young child can open the door and take advantage of the fresh air at the slightest disagreement over a toy to the horror of the accompaning parent !
Might not be the most accurate rendition of the '39 steps' but it's def my favourite....Some great actors...Kenny More is wonderful of course...the wonderful A4 pacific loco scenes and sounds...proper corridor coaches and smart station staff....incredible scenery in Scotland ...Love it❤ ❤Btw. I understand that the sets were so real that Betty Box the producer actually went into the fake phone box featured in a later scene to make a call!🤣 Oh and I've actually travelled across the Forth on that car ferry featured in this clip at 2:04 ! Wish I still had the photos I took!
one of my most FAVOURITE movies!!!!
I am a massive fan of the novel, the thirty nine steps, and have read the book countless times. I have, however, only ever watched the Robert don't version .
You might want to edit your comment.
@@renzo6490 Indeed. I'm a great fan of Robert Don't too.
I stood behind Sam Kydd in an unemployment queue in 1966. My claim to fame!
Sam Kydd was in every film that was ever made.
@@craigappleton938 Just about every film, but was uncredited in very many. We used to play a game while watching old films - spot Sam Kydd. I can't imagine he was unemployed for long.
For such a prolific bit-part actor, it shows you just how hard and unforgiving that profession was then, and still is.
I KNEW it was the Firth of Forth bridge from the very 1st external scene with the bridge in the distance - its unmistakable profile to this lifetime civil engineer / railroad buff.
I didn’t know which bridge it was and was worried when they stopped the train on the bridge. I was impressed that it was designed to take the static weight of, I assume, two trains.
@@Tesserae This Firth of Forth bridge, & the Quebec Bridge over the St Lawrence Seaway, were the very 1st large span steel cantilever bridges in the world (the Eads Bridge in St Louis is often included w/these 2 based on era & span length, but it is a steel arch, NOT cantilever), & are both very unique, redundant, VERY over designed structures. Steel design was in it's very infancy as a mathematical design field, as was mass produced steel metallurgy. Thus, "factors of safety" are in the many multiples. Thus the huge member sizes. Any structural design must take into account 'worst case scenario", so yes, for a 2 track railroad on the bridge, the design must accommodate 2 fully loaded trains, in opposite directions, moving at max speed (the load is greater if moving than static). Look up the "Tay Estuary Bridge Collapse" to see a perfect example of failing to meet these criteria, & many lessons learned applied to the Firth & Quebec bridges (the Quebec bridge had a collapse too but more to do w/construction methods).
I love this film. Perhaps my favourite version, though the 1978 one with Robert Powell is closer to the fabulous John Buchan book as is the original Hitchcock film.
Agree!
"Hey, we've got a timetable to keep, can't wait here all day!" How times have changed. If this was today, the whole line north of Edinburgh would be closed for hours.
More likely for days in this absurd risk aversion society.
So true 😂
Youd never be able to open the door in the first place with health and safety 😂😂
That classic A4 whistle
@@jacobmoss6830 makes your knees go weak doesn’t it. This and the sound of a rolls Royce Merlin
I'd pay double fare to get off and walk about on the Forth Brg.
Amazing!
Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything.
Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
My favourite version of this story.
Goood Show!!
And they say Tom Cruise is a daredevil.
Kenneth Moore fantastic,Sam kydd cameo performance ,who played the police inspector ,great British character actor Brilliant for a wet Sunday afternoon in front of the fire👍
@@jeffreyhodge5564 it’s perfect for that with tea and rich tea biscuits
Jeffrey don't forget to ensure no large particulates are released from your fire or the government will be after you !
The Police Inspector was played by Michael Brennan (25 September 1912 - 29 June 1982)
Sam Kydd was the restaurant chap and then waiter.
@@studebaker4217 Oh yes in many movies
Nothing like as good as Hitchcock's version though.
Watched it a couple of hours ago on BBC 2, best version ....
I love the wonderful emphasised colour and Kenneth More's jocular play on the character, much like there are different takes on the Bond film.
Love them trains.
When this happens to me I always climb up on the roof. But I am also wearing sneakers.
"For Sneaking"
but the line is now electrified with overhead wires at 25 kV
The trouble with most railway films is getting the details wrong, one example being the dubbed whistle at 2:44. Compare with the correct chime whistle later in the clip.
There's a Simpsons clip where Homer beats a train at a grade crossing. A bunch of Train nerds ("Foamers") got into a huge discussion in the Comments section about how they got the whistle wrong, &/or about the type of locomotive depicted. Yes, a Simpsons clip!!!
In both "The Great Locomotive Chase" & "Von Ryan's Express" they filmed actual railway workers performing a "flying coupling", which is the worker jumping in & throwing the coupling lever just as the trains hit, before they bounce back, to make the couple quickly & efficiently. This was totally banned by most railroad regulatory agencies around the world by the late 1960's due to the vast number of fatalities & disfiguring injuries sustained on the job from such practices. These moves, documented by Hollywood film crews, could not be reproduced by stunt men, at any cost, nowadays.
@sideshowbob You are one of the Train nerd 😂
you know that Scottish Police did not wear helmets after 1948. The standard uniform was the diced cap
British Transport Police?
Brilliant but nothing like story in the book. But I love the driver telling the police to get a move on!
Proper carriages
I used to catch trains to SW London with carriage doors like that. Loved the sound of a slammed door. Only 15 years ago I think.
@@jackdeniston6150 I used to go from Tenterfield to Sydney twice a year on these trains they pulled the line up some years after I left in 64 Regretting it now
6 degrees of Sam Kydd
any idea how long it takes for a train to make an unplanned stop, its not immediately y'know!
Civil of him
To take time
To close the door
English manners don’t you know
Right you are guvnor. Right you are.🙂
.... The remake from 1959, not the original from 1935.....
This version is from about 1959.
The rail car design is horrific an accident waiting to happen any young child can open the door and take advantage of the fresh air at the slightest disagreement over a toy to the horror of the accompaning parent !
Ah, those were the days!
who was that large gentleman in the dining room who had food spilled on him?
Looked like Dr Beeching ...
Actor William Mervyn.
You can't do this on modern trains!
Too bad someone defaced this classic scene by colouring it in and destroying cinematographer Bernard Knowles skillful photography.
Sadly none of the films made of this great book are correct, try listening to the audiobook read by Robert Powell.
@@christine899 I will give it a go
Or you could always read the book. Just a thought.
This version .. are you joking !!
When was this made, please? I've only ever seen the version with Robert Donat.
1959.
Nice car , except those seats are a bit pale!
Never mind this rubbish, Minder On The Orient Express is the classic British train-based film!
Where's Orson Wells?
He’s not in this movie. Strange question.
Nothing fantastic about this poor man's copy of Hitchcock's classic
Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything.
Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude