The Iron Maiden

1963

It's a Train and a Comedy!

The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher. The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.

Cast

Michael Craig

Jack Hopkins

Anne Helm

Kathy Fisher

Jeff Donnell

Miriam Fisher

Alan Hale Jr.

Paul Fisher

Noel Purcell

Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan

Cecil Parker

Sir Giles Thompson

Roland Culver

Lord Upshott

Joan Sims

Nellie Trotter

John Standing

Humphrey Gore-Brown

Brian Oulton

Vicar

Sam Kydd

Fred Trotter

Judith Furse

Mrs. Webb

Richard Thorp

Harry Markham

Jim Dale

Bill

George Woodbridge

Sid Ludge

Ian Wilson

Sidney Webb

Brian Rawlinson

Albert - Village Constable

Douglas Ives

Charlie

David Aylmer

Thompson's Salesman

Peter Burton

Thompson's Salesman

Michael Nightingale

Senior Rally Steward

Raymond Glendenning

Rally Commentator (voice)

Cyril Chamberlain

Mrs. Webb's Teammate

Peter Jesson

'Wrong' Rolls Royce Owner

Anton Rodgers

Concierge

Tom Gill

Rally Steward

Anthony Baird

Bill Cartwright

Peter Byrne

Race Starter

Middleton Woods

Peter Wells

Actor

Eric Corrie

Jonathan Kydd

Fred's Son

John Russell

Himself

Pat Ryan

Rally Steward (uncredited)

Jack Sharp

Steam Rally Spectator (uncredited)

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