Ghost Train (1927 film)

The Ghost Train
French poster for the film
Directed by	Géza von Bolváry
Written by	Arnold Ridley (play) Adolf Lantz Benno Vigny
Produced by	Michael Balcon Hermann Fellner Arnold Pressburger Josef Somlo
Starring	Guy Newall Ilse Bois Louis Ralph Hilde Jennings
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production companies	Gainsborough Pictures Phoebus Film
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates	September 1927 (UK) 29 October 1927 (Germany)
Running time	6,500 feet
Countries	Germany United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English/German intertitles

The Ghost Train (German: Der Geisterzug) 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.

Some sources have reported over the years that the film was directed by famed Hungarian director Michael Curtiz but, according to critic Troy Howarth, "he's not credited on the prints, nor is the title attributed to him in any reputable source".

The story was filmed again (with sound) in 1931.

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.

Cast

• Guy Newall as Teddy Deakin
• Ilse Bois as Miss Bourne
• Louis Ralph as Saul Hodgkin
• Hilde Jennings as Peggy Murdock
• John Manners as Charles Murdock
• Sinaida Korolenko as Elsie Winthrop
• Ernő Verebes as Richard Winthrop
• Hertha von Walther as Julia Price

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim; Cargnelli, Christian, eds. (2008). Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-019-7.
• Low, Rachael; Manvell, Roger (1971). The History of the British Film, 1918–1929. London: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-791021-0.
• Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-936168-68-2.

External links

• Ghost Train at IMDb