Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

LeonLouisRicci Plodding and virtually plot less this mundane Movie is a static presentation that tries very little to be exciting. It's a lethargic little Film exploiting the bomb in Britain anxiety that the People there surely didn't need any reminder to bring back those nightmares of just a few years back.It is not bad, just runs out of steam almost immediately. Once the bomb "expert" climbs aboard the Train things really screech to a halt. The Wifely back story seems oddly coupled here and is about as dull as their Marriage. The most interesting thing is the Saboteur and the hunt for Him and his motivation are non-existent. There is a bit of Comedy relief featuring a codger, "I like Trains". That line is repeated ad nauseum and is somewhat condescending. It doesn't liven things up. Overall, this is not a complete failure and has some rather good Cinematography. The locations are damp and dismal and that describes this completely.

whpratt1 Enjoyed this 1953 film starring Glenn Ford, (Major Peter Lyncort) and his wife Janine Lyncort, (Ann Vernon). This film starts off with the production of many Sea Mines being manufactured in a factory during war time in England and placed on a great number of flat bed freight cars and covered up with canvas coverings. As these mines are in the freight yard a man is discovered leaving under one of these mines and hits a railroad policemen and escapes. The railroad police notify the local police and state officials and they try to stop this train before it explodes and destroys an entire town. The authorities discover there is a man named Major Peter Lyncort who is a U.S. Army bomb expert and they contact him to see if he can dismantle any bomb that might be placed on the Sea Mine train. There is a family problem developing between Major Lyncort and his wife Janine Lyncort, (Ann Vernon) who wants to leave her husband because she finds him very boring and is unhappy with her marriage. There is some very tense moments in this film and there is also some very funny humor with a very old English gentlemen named Old Charlie, (Herbert Walton) who loves trains and just so happens to want to ride on the train load of mines, which makes for some great English humor. Great film and very entertaining.

bkoganbing One of the studios that had dual claim on Glenn Ford's services sent him to Great Britain to head the cast in this thriller. A saboteur played by Victor Maddern has planted an explosive device in a freight train that is carrying a load of sea mines. The police discover there's a bomb on the train and divert on to a siding in a suburb and evacuate the surrounding area. And they send for Glenn Ford to find and disarm the device.Set at the height of the Cold War, Terror on a Train has assumed a new relevance for today given what just happened in London. I'm sure some purist do-gooders will be horrified at the thought of handcuffing Victor Maddern to the train he's sabotaged, but personally I rather like the concept.Glenn Ford as a demolition expert was said to be Canadian which was a usual device to justify American stars playing in British films or in a British setting in American films. Except in this case Ford was really Canadian. Like it said in the movie, Ford was in fact born in a small town in Quebec although his family did move to America when he was a lad.Nicely paced, edge of your seat movie with a trick ending. I think film fans of today would appreciate it now.

Mattias An enjoyable British thriller from the 1950s with an excellent supporting cast makes this well worth watching. But was it necessary to get an actor all the way from Hollywood? Glenn Ford always played himself, perhaps there could have been idea to have a more anonymous actor in the lead? The love story between Ford and Anne Vernon is unnecessary and does not add anything to the story.