fiction.wikisort.org - Movie

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
Jane Hylton, Dennis Waterman and Norman Wooland
Directed by	Ernest Morris
Written by	Mark Grantham
Produced by	Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger
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

Plot

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.

Partial cast

• Norman Wooland - Roy Lewis
• Jane Hylton - Marion Crane
• Dennis Waterman - Ted Lewis
• Silvia Francis - Ann Lewis
• Valentine Dyall - Inspector Kent
• Irene Arnold - Mrs Wall
• Colin Tapley - Dr Jackson
• Howard Lang - Sergeant
• Kaplan Kaye - Charles

Critical reception

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]

References

External links

• Night Train for Inverness at IMDb

---