Night Train for Inverness is a black and white 1960 British drama film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Norman Wooland, Jane Hylton and Dennis Waterman.[1][2] It is notable as the film debut of Dennis Waterman.[3] The film was referenced in an episode of the Minder Podcast.[4]
Night Train for Inverness | |
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![]() Jane Hylton, Dennis Waterman and Norman Wooland | |
Directed by | Ernest Morris |
Written by | Mark Grantham |
Produced by |
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Cinematography | James Wilson |
Edited by | Spencer Reeve |
Music by | Albert Elms |
Production company | Danziger Productions |
Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures (UK) |
Release date | January 1960 (UK) |
Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Roy Lewis, just released from gaol, kidnaps his young son Ted and takes him on a train bound for Inverness. However, Lewis doesn't know that Ted is diabetic and faces death without regular insulin injections. Meanwhile, a police manhunt is launched.
TV Guide gave it two out of four stars, calling it an "average drama."[5] while The List gave it three out of five stars, and wrote, "this tight, train-bound 1960 thriller has a lot to commend it...Gutsy (for its time) and very watchable."[6] The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane say "it generates genuine suspense from a neatly plotted screenplay".[7]
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