Train of Events

Train of Events
Original British quad poster
Directed bySidney Cole
Charles Crichton
Basil Dearden
Written byT.E.B. Clarke
Basil Dearden
Angus MacPhail
Ronald Millar
Produced byMichael Balcon
Michael Relph
StarringJack Warner
Peter Finch
Valerie Hobson
CinematographyLionel Banes
Paul Beeson
Gordon Dines
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byLeslie Bridgewater
Production
company
Distributed byGFD (UK)
Release date
  • 18 August 1949 (1949-08-18) (UK)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£144,978[1]

Train of Events is a 1949 British portmanteau film made by Ealing Studios, directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner, Peter Finch and Valerie Hobson.[2] The film premiered on 18 August 1949 at the Gaumont Haymarket in London.[3] In the film, as a train is heading for a crash into a stalled petrol tanker at a level crossing, four different stories are told in flashback.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 356.
  2. ^ "Train of Events". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Picture Theatres, Gaumont". The Times. 18 August 1949. p. 10. Retrieved 22 June 2015.