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The Ghost Train Murder

  • 1959
  • 32m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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The Ghost Train Murder (1959)
CrimeShort

Scotland Yard detectives pursue the murderers of a Hungarian girl found dead on an amusement park ride. Their inquiries lead them to a rooming house full of shoplifters.Scotland Yard detectives pursue the murderers of a Hungarian girl found dead on an amusement park ride. Their inquiries lead them to a rooming house full of shoplifters.Scotland Yard detectives pursue the murderers of a Hungarian girl found dead on an amusement park ride. Their inquiries lead them to a rooming house full of shoplifters.

  • Director
    • Geoffrey Muller
  • Writer
    • James Eastwood
  • Stars
    • Edgar Lustgarten
    • Russell Napier
    • Gordon Boyd
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
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    • Director
      • Geoffrey Muller
    • Writer
      • James Eastwood
    • Stars
      • Edgar Lustgarten
      • Russell Napier
      • Gordon Boyd
    • 3User reviews
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    Edgar Lustgarten
    • Self - Narrated by
    Russell Napier
    Russell Napier
    • Superintendent Duggan
    Gordon Boyd
    • Sergeant Adams
    • (as Gordon Needham)
    Mary Laura Wood
    • Mrs. Williams
    Jill Ireland
    Jill Ireland
    • Sally Burton
    Diane Aubrey
    • Nora Hinton
    Mavis Greenaway
    • Sergeant Collins
    Angela Browne
    Angela Browne
    • Sergeant Brown
    Carole Ann Ford
    Carole Ann Ford
    • Girl on Ghost Train
    • (as Carol Ann Ford)
    John Kelland
    John Kelland
    • Boy on Ghost Train
    Shaun O'Riordan
    • Johnny Benson
    Robert Sansom
    • Benson
    Jessica James
    Jessica James
    • Mrs. Benson
    Helen Forrest
    • Salesgirl
    Alan Keith
    • Pathologist
    David Browning
    • Blair
    Marianne Stone
    Marianne Stone
    • Mrs. Blair
    Jack Taylor
    • Frank Warner
    • Director
      • Geoffrey Muller
    • Writer
      • James Eastwood
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    6Prismark10

    The Ghost Train Murder

    A body of a young woman is found on the ghost train ride.

    It is a case for Superintendent Duggan of Scotland Yard. The dead woman was a Hungarian refugee who was recently tried for shoplifting.

    She had been living in some lodgings and her landlady believes that she had a lot of men friends. One of these male friends called Johnny becomes a suspect as his alibi is weak.

    However Duggan brings some undercover police women in to keep an eye at the lodgings.

    They uncover a shoplifting ring and the landlady is part of it preying on vulnerable women to turn to shoplifting.

    It is an episode that takes a while to get going. It finds its footing once the female undercover constables arrive. The episode moves up a few gears.

    Jill Ireland plays one of the shoplifters. Carole Ann Ford plays the young woman who thought she saw a dead body in the ghost train.
    7Sleepin_Dragon

    Quite an imaginative story.

    A couple enjoying The Ghost Train at a funfair are disturbed when the young woman believes she saw a dead body besides the track during the ride.

    I've seen a couple of these now, and I'd argue that this is perhaps the best of them. It's an interesting storyline, with a good set of characters, intriguing case, and a good set of suspects.

    Best scene, perhaps the department store theft and transformation, quite imaginative.

    Look out for a young Carole Anne Ford, who plays the girl who saw the body on The Ghost Train, and also look out for Angela Browne, who played a Police Sergeant.

    Once again, seeing the shops and fashions of the time is a real treat. Look how smart people were back then, not a tracksuit or pair of jogging bottoms in sight.

    7/10.

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    • Release date
      • December 1959 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Casebook: The Case of the Ghost Train Murder
    • Production company
      • Merton Park Studios
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    • Runtime
      32 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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