Highest-Rated Movies about 'Stationmaster', Sort by Popularity
Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937), A Month in the Country (1987), The Ghost Train (1941), Dakota Incident (1956) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Stationmaster movies.
#1. Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
Storyline: Through the influence of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster the sleepy Irish station of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners.—D.Giddings <darren.giddings@newcastle.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: stationmaster, loser, sidekick, gunrunner, goon, amusing, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. A Month in the Country (1987)
Storyline: Five centuries ago, a mural was created in a country church in the north of England, and then hidden under layers of white paint. Looking at it again will be a distraction, the Reverend Mr. Keach tells World War I veteran Tom Birken, who will spend a month in the country restoring the mural. Another veteran, James Moon, is looking for the grave of an ancestor of the patroness of the church who fought in the Crusades. The rector's wife, Alice, comes to see the mural and later visits Birken's bell tower abode, bringing a basket of apples. Will she open the book in which he has pressed the yellow rose she gave him earlier?—Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
Plot Keywords: veteran, soldier, archaeologist, stationmaster, vicar, wife, airy ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. The Ghost Train (1941)
Storyline: Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area. The travelers eventually get to the bottom of the things that go bump in the night. In between the scary bits, comedian Arthur Askey plays the gags with his Vaudeville style humor, to the constant irritation of his fellow passengers.—Neil Bridger
Plot Keywords: train conductor, stationmaster, train passenger, doctor, arms dealer, performer, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. Dakota Incident (1956)
Storyline: A number of people are waiting for the stage to Laramie. Some are anxious to get there and are willing to bribe the stationmaster for tickets on the sold-out run. When the stage arrives bristling with Cheyenne arrows in it (as well as in the passengers), space becomes available and some brave souls set out on the coach. Attacked by Indians, the horses run off, the coach is burned and the survivors take refuge in a dry gully. One by one the Indians and the passengers pick each other off, until thirst and exhaustion take their toll on the three people left.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: stationmaster, native american, passenger, singer, outlaw, brooding, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!