Shows the transition from silent to sound

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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This is a cheap-looking outfit - I hope the food's all right. I've never found a place yet that comes up to the New Grande in Piccadilly.

Moore Marriott

Pauline Johnson

Ray Milland

Victor Kendall

Garnett Weston

A fireman falls for his train driver&apos;s daughter while a fired coworker plots revenge on the Flying Scotsman express during the driver&apos;s final journey.

Castleton Knight

The Flying Scotsman

Good movie for train enthusiasts

Like Hitchcock&apos;s &quot;Blackmail&quot; that came out the same year, this film has a silent opening sequence and seems to have begun as a silent picture before adapting the new technology after production began. This film doesn&apos;t merge the two quite as well, however. Blackmail&apos;s opening sequence filmed without dialogue comes across as an opening vignette intended to be silent, then the speaking comes when the story moves elsewhere (though it was in fact only after filming began that they switched, and then overdubbed the speaking parts). In this film the speaking was not overdubbed but seems to begin at an arbitrary point in the story.

While the plot is a bit thin and predictable, it is very well made, particularly the sequences on and of the train, the famous Flying Scotsman that runs from Edinburgh to London.

The tacked on love story angle is the weakest aspect, but the vengeful former engineer bent on getting even for being &quot;wronged&quot; is the strength of the movie and its momentum. Like Buster Keaton&apos;s &quot;The General,&quot; they film and perform the stunts on the actual moving train and not with a filmed background, and some of the stunts are daring and impressive.

 While the love story won&apos;t keep you interested, if you like well filmed thrillers and trains, this movie is good, though far from great.

Like Hitchcock's "Blackmail" that came out the same year, this film has a silent opening sequence and seems to have begun as a silent picture before adapting the new technology after production began. This film doesn't merge the two quite as well, however. Blackmail's opening sequence filmed without dialogue comes across as an opening vignette intended to be silent, then the speaking comes when the story moves elsewhere (though it was in fact only after filming began that they switched, and then overdubbed the speaking parts). In this film the speaking was not overdubbed but seems to begin at an arbitrary point in the story.

While the plot is a bit thin and predictable, it is very well made, particularly the sequences on and of the train, the famous Flying Scotsman that runs from Edinburgh to London.

The tacked on love story angle is the weakest aspect, but the vengeful former engineer bent on getting even for being "wronged" is the strength of the movie and its momentum. Like Buster Keaton's "The General," they film and perform the stunts on the actual moving train and not with a filmed background, and some of the stunts are daring and impressive.

 While the love story won't keep you interested, if you like well filmed thrillers and trains, this movie is good, though far from great.

A fireman falls for his train driver's daughter while a fired coworker plots revenge on the Flying Scotsman express during the driver's final journey.

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