The Flying Scotsman | |
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![]() Pauline Johnson walks along the edge of the locomotive, a genuine stunt in the climax of the film. | |
Directed by | Castleton Knight |
Written by | Victor Kendall Garnett Weston Freeman Crofts (advisor) |
Starring | Moore Marriott Pauline Johnson Ray Milland Alec Hurley |
Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
Music by | Idris Lewis (uncredited) |
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Distributed by | Pathescope Film |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 British black and white part-talkie film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh, also featuring the famous locomotive LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. Directed by Castleton Knight, the thriller is chiefly remembered for being the first acting role of Ray Milland, as well as for its daring stunts performed aboard the moving train.[1]