

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

Jim Hardcastle

Mrs Hardcastle

Ron Stacey

Stella

Ella

Mrs. Bailey

Doris Hardcastle
Hardcastle's Fireman

Johnson, the Timekeeper

Stacey's Fireman
District Superintendent
Lancashire Railwayman

Raymond Hillary
Irina Norozova

Malcolm Murray-Bruce
Charmian
Television Announcer
The Compere
The Harpist

Richard
Clerk at Shipping Office

Philip Mason

Louise

Joe Hunt
Mrs. Hunt

First Plain Clothes Man
Second Plain Clothes Man

Bolingbroke

The Producer
Actor
Actor

Actor

Actor
Director

Director

Screenplay
Screenplay

Screenplay

Producer
Music
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Editor
Art Direction
Art Direction
Costume Design
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Hairstylist
Makeup Artist
Screenplay

Director
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist