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The Iron Maiden

It's a Train and a Comedy!

1963 1 hour 38 minutes
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66/100

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The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher. The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.

Released

7th June 1963

61 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 38 minutes

Finishes at 8:50am

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    6.4/10

  • TMDb Logo

    65%

  • Trakt Logo

    68%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    66%

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Directed by

Gerald Thomas

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Written by

Leslie Bricusse, Vivian Cox

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