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The Interrupted Journey

The Interrupted Journey

  • Status: Released
  • 11-10-1949
  • Runtime: 80 min
  • Score: 6
  • Vote count: 16

When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in motion a series of events that lead to a train crash, a murder and a police man hunt, but all is not what it seems.

Richard Todd

John North

Valerie Hobson

Carol North

Christine Norden

Susan Wilding

Tom Walls

Mr. Clayton

Alexander Gauge

Jerves Wilding

Ralph Truman

Inspector Waterson

Vida Hope

Miss Marchmont

Dora Bryan

the waitress

Vincent Ball

the first workman

Jack Vyvyan

the second workman

Cyril Smith

Publican

Elsie Wagstaff

Wilding's maid

Dora Sevening

Mrs. Wilding senior

Nigel Neilson

Sergeant Sanger

Arthur Lane

Constable Cowley

Geoffrey Bellman

a passenger

Alan Gordon

the ticket inspector

Hope Matthews

elderly gentleman

Roger Moore

the soldier in Paddington café

Arnold Ridley

Mr. Saunders

Gwynneth Vaughan

the girl with the soldier

John Chard

20 Killed, 31 Injured! The Interrupted Journey is directed by Daniel Birt and written by Michael Pertwee. It stars Richard Todd, Valerie Hobson, Tom Walls and Ralph Truman. Music is by Stanley Black and cinematography by Erwin Hillier. To Stop Train In Case Of Emergency Pull Down The Chain. Penalty For Improper Use £5. That's a woman in a million. Very tidy Brit noir this one. The story is a bit hokey as it enters Twilight Zone territories, but the twists, turns and mystery quotient keep it lively to hold the attention. The low budget is never a problem for Birt, who aided by the excellent Hillier, brings a feverish realm to the story by way of canted angles, shadow play and hazes, while certain images (shapes of doorways etc) are cunningly teasing the audience about what is going on. Cast are very strong to round this out as more than worth the time of the Brit noir film fan. 7/10