The Iron Maiden
6.4
“It's a Train and a Comedy!”
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.
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Cast
36 people
Michael Craig
Jack Hopkins
Known for
Mysterious Island
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Anne Helm
Kathy Fisher
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Jeff Donnell
Miriam Fisher
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Sweet Smell of Success
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Alan Hale Jr.
Paul Fisher
Known for
Gilligan's Island
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Noel Purcell
Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
Known for
Moby Dick
Mutiny on the Bounty
Cecil Parker
Sir Giles Thompson
Known for
The Ladykillers
The Lady Vanishes
Roland Culver
Lord Upshott
Known for
Dead of Night
Thunderball
Joan Sims
Nellie Trotter
Known for
Carry On Camping
The Thief and the Cobbler
John Standing
Humphrey Gore-Brown
Known for
V for Vendetta
Patrick Melrose
Brian Oulton
Vicar
Known for
Young Sherlock Holmes
The Million Pound Note
Sam Kydd
Fred Trotter
Known for
Island of Terror
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Judith Furse
Mrs. Webb
Known for
Black Narcissus
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Gerald Thomas Director · Leslie Bricusse Writer Vivian Cox Writer
First release June 7, 1963 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Columbia Pictures, Peter Rommel Productions
Production
Peter Rogers Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
Peter Rommel Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 7, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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