THE FINAL TEST

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GB
1953
1hr 30mins
Dir: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Jack Warner and Robert Morley

A cricketer looks forward to his last game

This sporting drama with a love interest thrown in for good measure has an opening shot of unrebuilt ex-Southern Railway ‘West Country’ Class 4-6-2 No.34048 Crediton arriving at London Waterloo station on an express.

34048 Crediton arriving at Waterloo with a ‘boat train’ from Southampton
Unfortunately, all the locations in this production appear to be stock shots, or second unit work at best. Therefore this scene which follows shows a packed platform with different coaching stock. It is still Waterloo though, so at least they got the continuity right!