MAURICE

GB
1987
2hrs 20mins
Dir: James Ivory
Starring: James Wilby and Hugh Grant

The life of a Cambridge homosexual in the early 20th century

This romantic drama film is based on the 1971 novel of the same name by E. M. Forster and features several scenes filmed at Horsted Keynes station on the Bluebell Railway. In one of these scenes, a train formed of period Southern Railway coaching stock is seen departing with ex-LSWR Class B4 0-4-0T No.30096 Normandy as the train loco. There is also a scene filmed onboard the carriages at night.

A train pulls out of Horsted Keynes station with the little B4 tank loco at the front
Hugh Grant at Horsted Keynes
Rupert Graves waits for a train in a further period scene filmed at the station