The Titfield Thunderbolt
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The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British Ealing Studios comedy film about villagers who band together to run their own railway line.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ealing comedy
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by T. E. B. Clarke ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colourProcess | Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Charles Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Seth Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Cambridgeshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
railway film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dan Taylor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Weech NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community cooperation
ⓘ
love of railways ⓘ resistance to bureaucracy ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the classic Ealing comedies ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Villagers band together to run their own railway line after it is threatened with closure. ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayTheme | preservation of a branch railway line ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1953-03-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 84 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | T. E. B. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional English village of Titfield ⓘ |
| stars |
Gabrielle Brune
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Relph NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack MacGowran NERFINISHED ⓘ John Gregson NERFINISHED ⓘ Naunton Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Sid James NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Holloway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1950s ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lion (steam locomotive)
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon