Proof that two men can push a steam train comes in THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT, the gentlemen in question being train enthusiast vicar (played with gusto by George Relph) and Bishop Godfrey Tearle. Stanley Holloway and Hugh Griffith are the boozers (a long list of charges brought against them by the police is funny), with John Gregson, Sid James, Naunton Wayne, Gabrielle Brune, Reginald Beckwith, Jack MacGowran and moustachioed Michael Trubshawe on hand.
Can see why there are steam enthusiasts. Glowingly shot by Douglas Slocombe with minimal back projection, music Auric, editor Seth Holt. Also imaginative fade from Western to James plotting.
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