The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train is a 1927 German-British crime comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Guy Newall, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph. It is an adaptation of Arnold Ridley's play The Ghost Train. The film was a co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and Phoebus Film and was shot at the latter's Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film was released in France as Le Train Fantome.
Plot
Some strange supernatural phenomenon starts to occur in a railway station, leading members of the public to avoid the place. It turns out some criminals are faking the strange events to keep people away from the station to protect their smuggling operations.
More details
author | Arnold Ridley |
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contentLocation | England |
director | Géza von Bolváry |
genre | comedy crime horror |
keywords | railway station smuggle strange events |
musicBy | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
producer | Arnold Pressburger Hermann Fellner Josef Somlo Michael Balcon |
productionCompany | Gainsborough Pictures Phoebus Film |
publisher | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
theme | crime comedy ghost transport |