GB
1954
1hr 39mins
Dir: Basil Dearden
Starring: Robert Morley and Kay Walsh
A champion jockey, having forfeited his own career by taking a bribe, takes a young rider under his wing
This sporting drama from Ealing Studios features a scene at London Liverpool Street station with a going-away shot of an express hauled by BR Standard Class 7MT ‘Britannia’ 4-6-2 No.70012 John of Gaunt. This is then followed by an arrival scene at Newmarket station with a train formed of carmine and cream-liveried coaching stock. However, the brief scene inside the train shows a different scenario altogether. The back-projection through the window shows the goods depot at Paddington New Yard! Video 125’s Steam on 35mm Volume 2 includes an alternative departure shot of a ‘Britannia’ leaving Liverpool Street, and a more complete take of the Newmarket arrival, which reveals the loco to be an ex-LNER B1 Class 4-6-0.
