The talking scenes, introduced halfway through, weigh down the story but sound effects enhance the thrilling train action that was shot with Gresley's co-operation.

Milland, in his autobiography, recalls that it was on this film that it was suggested he adopt his stage name; and chose Milland from the Mill lands area of his Welsh home town of Neath. [3] Milland starred in two further Knight-directed films, The Lady from the Sea and The Plaything. [4] This movie used the correct loco, 4472 Flying Scotsman as well as the train of the same name. I believe some of the stars did their own stunts, including walking down the side of the coaches when it was at speed. Brass • The Tie That Binds • Little Church Around the Corner • Main Street • Where the North Begins • Little Johnny Jones • The Printer's Devil • The Gold Diggers • The Country Kid • Lucretia Lombard • Tiger Rose Inside Out • Catherine & Co. • Hot Potato • Sparkle • All the President's Men • Ode to Billy Joe • The Outlaw Josey Wales • The Gumball Rally • The Ritz • St. Ives • The Killer Inside Me • Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same • A Star Is Born • The Enforcer

An interesting curio then, but perhaps not for everyone. The restoration premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival at the end of February and you can also catch the Flying Scotsman locomotive itself, also restored, at an upcoming exhibition at The National Railway Museum. You can find more information on that here and you can get hold of a copy of the film on DVD at LoveFilm here. There’s a clip below courtesy of Optimum Releasing. The Vengeance of Fu Manchu • Firecreek • Flaming Frontier • Countdown • The Fox • Sweet November • The Shuttered Room • Bye Bye Braverman • The Young Girls of Rochefort • Kona Coast • The Double Man • Chubasco • Petulia • The Devil in Love • The Green Berets • The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter • Rachel, Rachel • Hugo and Josephine • Finian's Rainbow • Bullitt • I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! • Assignment to Kill • The Sea Gull • The Sergeant A Night Full of Rain • An Enemy of the People • Crossed Swords • Straight Time • The Medusa Touch • It Lives Again • The Sea Gypsies • Big Wednesday • Capricorn One • The Swarm • Hooper • Girlfriends • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? • Bloodbrothers • The Great Bank Hoax • Movie Movie • Superman • Every Which Way but Loose

Racing Stripes • The Phantom of the Opera • Constantine • Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous • House of Wax • Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • Batman Begins • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • The Island • Must Love Dogs • The Dukes of Hazzard • A Sound of Thunder • Corpse Bride • The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island • Duma • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang • North Country • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire • A campaign spearheaded by the National Railway Museum to save the locomotive for the nation amassed the support of thousands, confirming its status as a national treasure. Individuals have also been conferred with the title of 'the Flying Scotsman', notably cycle-racing pioneer, innovator and twice world hour record holder, Graeme Obree, and more recently Sir Chris Hoy, the eleven times World Champion and six times Olympic champion cyclist. Since the 1930s there have been several other claims to the title of the Flying Scotsman, predominantly associated with cycling. The Flying Scot series of bicycles were built in Glasgow from the late 1920s until 1982 by a firm founded in 1901 by David Rattray. Although most 'Scots' bicycles were men's frames, there were also women's versions called The Queen of Scots.

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Operation Pacific • Storm Warning • Sugarfoot • The Enforcer • Lullaby of Broadway • Raton Pass • Lightning Strikes Twice • Only the Valiant • I Was a Communist for the FBI • Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison • Goodbye, My Fancy • Along the Great Divide • Strangers on a Train • Fort Worth • On Moonlight Bay • Force of Arms • Jim Thorpe – All-American • Captain Horatio Hornblower • A Streetcar Named Desire • Tomorrow Is Another Day • Painting the Clouds with Sunshine • Come Fill the Cup • The Tanks Are Coming • Close to My Heart • I'll See You in My Dreams • Starlift • Distant Drums The development of the Art Deco style in the 1920s, which flourished in the 1930s, saw art and design embrace industry for the first time in an assertively modern style. Art Deco was obsessed with travel and speed, and new forms of transport in a decade that saw land, air and water speed records being broken year on year. Artists sought to convey luxury, movement and speed in a futuristic, abstract new style. They Came to Rob Las Vegas • Dracula Has Risen from the Grave • The Trygon Factor • The Big Bounce • 2000 Years Later • The Illustrated Man • The Sweet Body of Deborah • The Big Cube • The Wild Bunch • The Learning Tree • The Rain People • On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... • The Valley of Gwangi • The Great Bank Robbery • The Good Guys and the Bad Guys • The Madwoman of Chaillot • Once You Kiss a Stranger • The Arrangement • The Damned • 80 Steps to Jonah Dr. Crippen • Dead Ringer • The Incredible Mr. Limpet • FBI Code 98 • A Distant Trumpet • Robin and the 7 Hoods • Ensign Pulver • Kisses for My President • Richard Burton's Hamlet • Cheyenne Autumn • Youngblood Hawke • Dear Heart • My Fair Lady • Sex and the Single Girl

My Reputation • Three Strangers • Cinderella Jones • Saratoga Trunk • Devotion • Her Kind of Man • One More Tomorrow • Janie Gets Married • A Stolen Life • Of Human Bondage • Two Guys from Milwaukee • Night and Day • The Big Sleep • Shadow of a Woman • Cloak and Dagger • Deception – Nobody Lives Forever • Never Say Goodbye • The Verdict • The Beast with Five Fingers • Humoresque • The Time, the Place and the Girl Pauline Johnson was a leading British silent actress of her age, although appeared in few films after 1930. Moore Marriott was only 41 when he appeared in the film, but is already portrayed playing a retiring engine driver. The day before his retirement an old engine-driver reports his stoker for being drunk. The stoker is fired and warns that he will make trouble for the driver and crew. On the day of the last run, the driver’s daughter is on the train and notices that the ex-stoker is also aboard, unaware that he intends to separate it from its carriages – with disastrous consequences. Personal Best • Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man • Deathtrap • Chariots of Fire • Soup for One • Mad Max 2 • The Escape Artist • Firefox • Blade Runner • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy • The World According to Garp • Night Shift • Hammett • Hey Good Lookin' • Love Child • Creepshow • Five Days One Summer • Bugs Bunny's Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales • Honkytonk Man • Best FriendsThe first half of this obscure movie is silent and we don't see any railway action. This starts in the second half, as does the sound. The engine's fireman sets out on his last trip before retirement. The previous day, he reported his driver for being drunk and gets suspended for this. He is on the train to get his revenge. The driver's daughter is also aboard. The suspended driver gets out of his carriage and goes to the engine by walking along the roof of the train, followed by the fireman's daughter. A fight breaks out when he arrives and the loco is uncoupled from the rest of the train, a points change just avoids a collision. After things have calmed down, the train continues its journey and arrives in Edinburgh on time, despite the delay.

Chasing Liberty • Torque • The Big Bounce • Clifford's Really Big Movie • Starsky & Hutch • Spartan • Taking Lives • Bad Education • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed • The Whole Ten Yards • New York Minute • Troy • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban • House of Flying Daggers • A Cinderella Story • Catwoman • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light • Exorcist: The Beginning • Laura's Star • The Polar Express • Alexander • Ocean's Twelve • Million Dollar Baby • The Aviator One Sunday Afternoon • John Loves Mary • Flaxy Martin • South of St. Louis • A Kiss in the Dark • Burma Victory • Homicide • My Dream Is Yours • The Younger Brothers • Flamingo Road • Night Unto Night • Colorado Territory • One Last Fling • The Fountainhead • The Girl from Jones Beach • Look for the Silver Lining • It's a Great Feeling • White Heat • The House Across the Street • Golden Madonna • Task Force • Under Capricorn • Beyond the Forest • The Story of Seabiscuit • Always Leave Them Laughing • The Hasty Heart • The Lady Takes a Sailor • The Inspector General Roughly Speaking • Objective, Burma! • Hotel Berlin • God Is My Co-Pilot • The Horn Blows at Midnight • Escape in the Desert • Pillow to Post • Conflict • The Corn Is Green • Christmas in Connecticut • Pride of the Marines • Rhapsody in Blue • Mildred Pierce • Confidential Agent • Danger Signal • Too Young to Know • Appointment in Tokyo • San Antonio Following the successful tour of Australia, Flying Scotsman ran special trains around Britain, including regular runs over the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway and trips hauling the prestigious Orient Express Pullman train. Engine driver Bob is due to retire from his job after years of distinguished service. On Bob's last day working aboard the famous Flying Scotsman, a disgruntled fireman, dismissed after being reported for drinking at work, decides to get his revenge on Bob (who reported him to the company) by causing an accident. Meanwhile, the fireman's amorous young replacement has fallen in love with a beautiful girl, whose father, unbeknown to him, happens to be Bob (and who has also boarded the train in an attempt to stop the villain). [2] Plot [ edit ]The full-size locomotive is in the collections of the Science Museum Group, but many more have enjoyed ownership of their own Flying Scotsman locomotives thanks to the beautifully scaled models made by toy manufacturer Hornby, like this example in our collection.