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The Ghost Train (1941 4k 60 fps remaster, horror, comedy)

The Ghost Train is a 1941 British thriller mystery film directed by Walter Forde and starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch. It is based on the 1923 play of the same name written by Arnold Ridley.[1][2] The film is set in Cornwall. Several passengers leave a train, and find no other train available at the train station. They are stranded there during a rainy night, and learn that the station is supposedly haunted by a ghost train. The first sound film version was released in 1931 with Jack Hulbert. The Askey version was announced in August 1939.[3] The script had to be rewritten to accommodate Askey; the actions of Hulbert's part were divided between the comic star and Richard Murdoch.[4] Filming did not proceed immediately; in January 1941 reports said Carol Reed would direct and Edward Black would produce.[5] Eventually the job of directing went to Walter Forde who had made the earlier sound version. Filming began in February 1941. It was an early role for Carole Lynn who had been discovered dancing on the West End.[6] Shooting took place at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush, with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Some location shots were also taken around Teignmouth and Dawlish Warren in Devon. The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The film is a remake, with up-to-date dialogue, of Arnold Ridley's famous play, and is extremely well directed and produced. The photography is most effective, and of course, since Arthur Askey plays the part of Tommy Gander, comedian, the fun is fast and furious in spite of the increasing tension as the plot develops. There are three other most admirable performances in this film, to wit, Kathleen Harrison spinster visiting evacuces, Morland Graham as Dr. Sterling and Herbert Lomas as the stationmaster."[7] Sight & Sound called it "funnier and more ghostly than the original".[8] British film critic Leslie Halliwell said: "Adequate remake with the lead split into two characters, which doesn't work quite as well."[9] The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch, the stars of the hit radio show Band Waggon, were reunited for this flag-waving remake of the classic play by Arnold Ridley about a haunted country station. Try as director Walter Forde might to inject some atmosphere, there's a predictability about both the proceedings and the comedy. Askey was never at his best on screen and his energetic overacting has dated badly."[10] TV Guide noted the film was "good for a few laughs and a couple of chilling surprises."[11]