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The Flying Scotsman (1929) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1929 · 50 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Castleton Knight
- Starring
- Ray Milland, Gordon Harker, Moore Marriott, Alec Hurley, Pauline Johnson
The Flying Scotsman (1929) is a black‑and‑white drama on the London‑Edinburgh express. Engine driver Bob is about to retire, but on his second‑to‑last shift he reports fireman Crow for drinking on duty, leading to Crow’s dismissal and a revenge plot to kill Bob on his final run. Meanwhile, Crow’s new assistant falls for a girl whose father, unknown to him, is Bob, who also boards the train to stop the killer.
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