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From: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader)
Newsgroups: net.railroad,net.movies
Subject: Re: Railroad Movies
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 04:00:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 30 04:00:31 1986
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Net.railroad (ARPA railroad list) has had what seemed to me a rather
halfhearted series of articles on railway movies lately.  I thought
I could do better.  Here are two lists of railway movies that I've
seen that were good or excellent, in my opinion as a fan of both
railways and movies.

The first list is Railway Movies of the First Kind -- those where the
train or railway (or *subway) occupies a major role throughout the movie.
Rather than attempt to rank them, I'll just list them by date of release.
The letter A or B after the date denotes American or British.

1927 A	The General (silent comedy/suspense)
1934 A	Twentieth Century (comedy)
1938 B	The Lady Vanishes (thriller) (1979B remake not recommended)
1940 B	Night Train to Munich (thriller)
1953 B	The Titfield Thunderbolt (comedy)
1959 B	Flame Over India, aka Northwest Frontier (suspense/drama)
1963 A	The Train (suspense/drama)
1967 A	The Incident (drama)*
1972 B	The Railway Children (light drama)
1974 B	Murder on the Orient Express (mystery)
1974 B	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (suspense)*
1976 A	Silver Streak (comedy/suspense)
1979 B	The Great Train Robbery (caper - this is the one about the 1855 theft)

Hmm, looks like we ought to be due for another one.

And now, some good or excellent Railway Movies of the Second Kind -
movies that are basically about something else, but where a train or
railway (or *subway/el) takes a major part in one scene.

1935 B	The 39 Steps (thriller) (1959 B and 1978 B remakes not recommended)
1942 A	The Palm Beach Story (comedy)
1943 B	Shadow of a Doubt (suspense)
1955 B	The Ladykillers (comedy)
1957 B	The Bridge on the River Kwai (drama)
1959 A	Some Like it Hot (comedy)
1963 A	Charade (thriller)*
1966? B	The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery (comedy)
1971 A	The French Connection (thriller)*
1972 B	Young Winston (bio/adventure)
1976 A	The 7% Solution (mystery/thriller)
1982	Diva (French thriller)*

I've given the nationality and classification of each film so that
those of you who don't enjoy, say, British comedies, can avoid those.
With that noted, I recommend the lot of 'em to all railway-and-movie fans.

Mark Brader