Time Bomb (1953)

Director:

Ted Tetzlaff

Writers:

Kem Bennett (novel)
Kem Bennett (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 July 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

When a terrorist plants a bomb on board a train, the police call in an army bomb disposal expert to find, and dismantle it, but after it has been made safe, he has another shock in store. |

Plot Keywords:

Bomb | Railway | Train | Based On Novel

Cast

Glenn Ford	...	Maj. Peter Lyncort
Anne Vernon	...	Janine Lyncort
Maurice Denham	...	Jim Warilow
Harcourt Williams	...	Vicar
Victor Maddern	...	Saboteur
Harold Warrender	...	Sir Evelyn Jordan
John Horsley	...	Constable Charles Baron
Campbell Singer	...	Inspector Brannon
Bill Fraser	...	Constable J. Reed
Herbert C. Walton	...	Old Charlie
Martin Wyldeck	...	Sergeant Collins
Arthur Hambling	...	Train Driver
Harry Locke	...	Train Fireman
Frank Atkinson	...	Guard
Ernest Butcher	...	Martindale

Also Known As:

Terror on a Train (USA)

Runtime:

UK:73 min | USA:72 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Norway:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #16043) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Soundtrack:

Sue les quais du vieux Paris

Good old 50's black & white , highly watchable for the names in the cast and also the post war locations

I think that this is a very under rated 50's film with terrific cast. Yes, of course the film seems dated by today's standards. And the very "obvious" solution to the explosive problems is completely ignored.. Park it somewhere in the uninhabited countryside. But just have a look at the full list of credits. Some wonderful names there from this era. Some at the start of illustrious careers. Laurence Naismith, Sam Kydd, Maurice Denham, Arthur Mullard, Bill Fraser etc etc. Many of them uncredited in the film.I have another interest in this movie, I am quite certain that my grandfather was hired to drive the locomotive in the train sequences.