Ghost train
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Ghost train may refer to:
Films based on the Arnold Ridley play:
Other films:
Songs
- Ghost train (folklore)
- Ghost train, alternative name for a dark rideDark rideA dark ride or ghost train is an indoor amusement ride where riders in guided vehicles travel through specially lit scenes that typically contain animation, sound, music, and special effects....
, an indoor amusement ride - Ghost train, alternative name for a parliamentary trainParliamentary trainA Parliamentary train or Parly is, nowadays, a British English term for a train that operates a Parliamentary service - that is to say a token service to a given station, thus maintaining a legal fiction that either the station or, in some cases, the whole line is open, although in reality the...
, a service run rarely to maintain the legal fiction that a station or line remains open
Film and theatre
- The Ghost Train (play), written in 1923 by Arnold Ridley, and subsequently adapted for film, television, and radio
Films based on the Arnold Ridley play:
- Ghost Train (1927 film)Ghost Train (1927 film)Ghost Train 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...
, starring Guy Newall - The Ghost Train (1931 film)The Ghost Train (1931 film)The Ghost Train is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd. It is based on the play The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley.-Cast:* Jack Hulbert - Teddy Deakin...
, starring Jack Hulbert - The Ghost Train (1937 film), starring Hugh DempsterHugh DempsterHugh Dempster was a British theatre and film actor.Born in London, Dempster began his screen career in the silent film era...
- De SpooktreinDe SpooktreinDe Spooktrein is a 1939 Dutch film directed by Carl Lamac.It is an adaptation of the popular British play The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley.-Cast:*Jan Musch ... Barendse*Fien de la Mar ... Julia van Dongen*Louis Borel ... Ted...
, a 1939 Dutch film directed by Karel Lamac - The Ghost Train (1941 film)The Ghost Train (1941 film)The Ghost Train is a 1941 British film directed by Walter Forde and was based on the 1923 play of the same name written by Arnold Ridley, who in later years played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army.- Plot:...
, starring Arthur Askey - Ghost Train International, English title of the 1976 Danish film Spøgelsestoget
Other films:
- Ghost Train (2006 film), Japanese horror movie
Music
- Ghost Train, an album by The Hot Club of CowtownThe Hot Club of CowtownThe Hot Club of Cowtown is a hot jazz/western swing trio, comprising; Elana Fremerman , Whit Smith , and slap bass player Jake Erwin, who also sing in three-part harmony...
- "Ghost Train", a concert band composition by Eric WhitacreEric WhitacreEric Whitacre is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD Cloudburst became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination...
Songs
- "Ghost Train", from the 1986 album DreamtimeDreamtime (The Stranglers album)Dreamtime is an album released by The Stranglers in 1986. The title track was inspired by a belief of the aboriginal peoples of Australia - called Dreamtime. This album appears to be a natural evolution from Aural Sculpture; it contains a mixture of upbeat and thoughtful tracks and includes the...
by The Stranglers - "Ghost Train", from the 1991 album Marc CohnMarc Cohn (album)Marc Cohn is the self-titled debut album by American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, released in 1991.The album peaked at #38 on the Billboard 200 Chart and was RIAA certified Gold on February 12, 1992 and RIAA certified Platinum on April 2, 1996....
by Marc Cohn - "Ghost Train", from the 1992 album Still Life with GuitarStill Life with GuitarStill Life with Guitar is the fifteenth studio album by Kevin Ayers. It found him consolidating on his 1988 return-to-form Falling Up with a collection of largely acoustic songs that many critics regarded as being equal to material penned at the perceived heights of his career in the mid-1970s...
by Kevin Ayers - "Ghost Train", from the 1993 album August and Everything AfterAugust and Everything AfterAugust and Everything After is the first commercially released album of the American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993....
by Counting Crows - "Ghost Train", B-side of "Rock the HouseRock the House"Rock the House" is a song from the Gorillaz self-titled debut album, Gorillaz. It was released as the third single from the album in October 2001. It peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is one of the more hip hop-oriented songs on the album, along with "Clint Eastwood"...
" by Gorillaz - "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" The Ghost-Train" is a one-off single by Madness. Released in 1986 shortly after the band announced it was to split, it was their last recording of original material until they officially reformed in 1992...
", by Madness
Television
- Ghost Train (TV series)Ghost Train (TV series)Ghost Train was a children's television programme broadcast on ITV, between 1989 and 1991, produced by Tyne Tees Television in association with various ITV regional stations including Border Television, Television South West, Ulster Television, Channel Television and Grampian...
, broadcast between 1989 and 1991 - Ghost Train on Sunday (TV series), a Ghost Train (TV series)Ghost Train (TV series)Ghost Train was a children's television programme broadcast on ITV, between 1989 and 1991, produced by Tyne Tees Television in association with various ITV regional stations including Border Television, Television South West, Ulster Television, Channel Television and Grampian...
spin-off, produced in 1990 - "Ghost Train", 1985 episode of Amazing Stories (TV series)Amazing Stories (TV series)Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987, and was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes...
, directed by Steven Spielberg - "Ghost Train", 1986 episode of Thomas and Friends (series 2)
See also
- 1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire
- Death train (disambiguation)
- Haunted Train (disambiguation)
- Nazi Ghost TrainNazi Ghost TrainWhat seems to have become known as the Nazi Ghost Train was a train that, at the beginning of September 1944, was intended to transport the 'political' prisoners and Allied airmen held at Saint-Gilles prison in Brussels, to camps in Germany...
- Phantom train (disambiguation)