Ghost Train (1927 film)

The Ghost Train
French poster for the film
Directed by	Géza von Bolváry
Written by	Arnold Ridley (play) Adolf Lantz Benno Vigny
Produced by	Michael Balcon Hermann Fellner Arnold Pressburger Josef Somlo
Starring	Guy Newall Ilse Bois Louis Ralph Hilde Jennings
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production companies	Gainsborough Pictures Phoebus Film
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates	September 1927 (UK) 29 October 1927 (Germany)
Running time	6,500 feet
Countries	Germany United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English/German intertitles

The Ghost Train (German: Der Geisterzug) is a 1927 German-British comedy crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Guy Newall, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph. It is an adaptation of the Arnold Ridley play The Ghost Train. It was a co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and UFA and was shot at the latter's Staaken Studios in Berlin.

Cast

• Guy Newall as Teddy Deakin
• Ilse Bois as Miss Bourne
• Louis Ralph as Saul Hodgkin
• Hilde Jennings as Peggy Murdock
• John Manners as Charles Murdock
• Sinaida Korolenko as Elsie Winthrop
• Ernő Verebes as Richard Winthrop
• Hertha von Walther as Julia Price

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• Ghost Train at IMDb