Time bomb is a 1953 britishmade mgm postwar thriller film directed by ted tetzlaff, written by kem bennett, and starring glenn ford and anne vernon. Full length horror and scifi movies from the 30s to the 60s. Drake, and production was initiated within four months. Terror on a train 1953 original movie poster for sale. Terror on a train glenn ford original 1953 ff 1sheet. In this suspenseful mystery, a demolitions expert has little time to defuse a bomb placed aboard a speeding freight train. Minor though it may be, this title is a welcome addition to my collection of glenn ford films. Glenn ford, an armament expert is called on to defuse a hidden bomb on a train loaded with high explosives. The runaway train movie to end all runaway train movies was based on a real incident, in which the csx 8888 freight train went 65 miles out of. Terror on a traintime bomb 1953 ultimate movie rankings. An expert glenn ford tries to defuse a time bomb found on a british freight train full of explosives. Terror on a train is a wellphotographed and wellwritten film, adding. Terror on a train original theatrical trailer youtube. Authorities, alerted to the saboteurs plot, divert the train to a siding, initiate emergency evacuations of the surrounding area and call on bomb disposal expert peter lyncort to find the time.
When i first saw this movie, it was titled terror on a train and was the back half of a double feature. The train is stopped but near a small town, which actually exacerbates the problem. Jamie lee curtis was virtually stuck doing horror films from the time she played laurie strode until her big break in trading places five years later. Three months before he starred in the film noir favorite the big heat, glenn ford portrayed uxb specialist lyncort in this raceagainsttime suspense thriller. The concept for the film was based on an idea by executive producer daniel grodnik, who sought to make halloween on a train. Terror on a train 1953 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Many films are undercut by layering the score over every scene but here the natural, ambient sounds of the hunt for both the bomb and the saboteur. 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.
Shop terror on a train 1953 authentic 27 x 41 original movie poster fine, very good glenn ford thriller u. Ted tetzlaff this is an original theatrical movie poster created for display in theatres or other promotions unless otherwise stated. Terror on a train 1953 terror on a train 1953 user. Covers always lie out of the five costumes shown in the german poster for the film, the killer wears only three of them most posters show the groucho marx costume. As luck would have it, lyncourt and his french wife janine anne vernon are in the vicinity when a freight train carrying explosives to a dockyard chugs into view. Terror on a train is a film programme that first aired in 1953 and has been classified a pg certificate tags. In desperation, the local authorities contact peter lyncort, a former canadian royal engineers munitions expert, and ask him to help them dismantle the explosive device. Terror on a train 1953 authentic 27 x 41 original movie poster. The film was shot in montreal between late november and late december 1979, shortly after curtis had. And since its winter, its passengers cannot just leave it and walk to safety.
Fresh from her work on paul lynchs prom night, lung powered jamie lee curtis heads up the frisky cast in train and was well on her way to becoming the undisputed scream queen of that horrorheavy time popular magician and visual trickster david copperfield climbed on board the cast of train as the lounge act while most of the students of sigma phi are celebrating their freshman year, some. He jumps from the train, leaving behind a device that could blow the locomotive already packed full of dangerous military explosives for transport. Harley quinn is moving up on our marvel vs dc movie ranking page. Terror on a train time bomb 1953 ted tetzlaff, glenn. During a new years party aboard a moving train, a college fraternity begins losing members and collecting corpses. In this suspenseful mystery, a demolitions expert has little time to defuse a. Terror on a train is a 1953 britishmade mgm postwar thriller film starring glenn ford and anne vernon.
Starlight collectibles is of the premiere sources for vintage movie memorabilia. In the united states it was released under the title terror on a train. This glenn fordstarring thriller was his eleventh credited film as director. Join jim gordon and his gotham constituents as they navigate the chaos that ensues when the worlds most infamous dc. When you buy from us you can be assured that you are buying a genuine, professionally authenticated, original still photo. May 16th ranking 83 henry fonda movies on his 115th birthday. At the height of the movie the train with the bomb on it drawn by british rail locomotive number 48600 is shunted into the fictional felsworth siding, and the population of felsworth is evacuated. Hiding among the cargo is a man with a sinister plan.
As the train hurtles crazily through the night, his calm begins to seem more and more bizarre. Terror on a train full frame, manufactured on demand. Tipped that terrorists have slipped a detonator onto a freight train bearing military ordinance, the british authorities stop the line and evacuate the area. The man gets away, but he is soon found out to have been a saboteur, who has left a suitcase full of detonators and bombmaking components at the railway yard. With glenn ford, anne vernon, maurice denham, harcourt williams. This movie has perhaps the most relatable character in silver screen history for me, the senile old foamer who wont turn down the opportunity to explore the train thats suddenly shown up in his neighborhood. If youre a train movie fan like me, you will like this list. A train is headed past birmingham, england a mundane and usual occurrence, except that this is no ordinary train. After halloween, slasher movies began coming out at a furious pace and everyone wanted a slice of the pie. Three months before he starred in the film noir favorite the big heat, glenn ford portrayed uxb specialist lyncort in this raceagainsttime. Read the full synopsis of terror on a train, 1953, directed by ted tetzlaff, with glenn ford, anne vernon, maurice denham, at turner classic movies. I somehow missed terror train 1980 when it was first released, some 32 years ago this month. Ford has long been one of my favorite movie heroes.
Someone has placed a time bomb on the train, forcing an evacuation of the neighborhood and the summoning of the uxb corps. Abbott and costello go to mars 1953 abbott and costello meet dr. It would seem that after being the victim of a cruel hazing prank by the. Terror on a train 1953 movie clip straight through. The use of the train itself is bizarre, for that matter.
Terror on a train 1953 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Glenn ford stars as a former wwii munitions expert called on to defuse a bomb on a british train full of explosives in terror on a train 1953, available on dvd from the warner archive. If it goes off, a naval shipyard will be destroyed and many innocent. Vacationing munitions expert glenn ford makes a busmans holiday of it, as he must locate and defuse the device before it blows. Glenn ford anne vernon original 1953 photo terror on a. Fear and desire stanley kubricks first feature 1953 is a young mans movie, full of grand ambition its an antiwar fable centered on four soldiers making their way back to base after. We have maintained a nearperfect positive feedback rating since beginning on ebay in 1999. In birmingham city, railway police constable charles baron john horsley is involved in a confrontation with a man believed to be a local vagrant.