
Train of Events
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Genre: Drama
Director: Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Sidney Cole
Actors: Gladys Henson, Jack Warner, Joan Dowling, Leslie Phillips, Miles Malleson, Olga Lindo, Patric Doonan, Philip Dale, Susan Shaw, Valerie Hobson
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Blood and Sand
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Paisan
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