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66% Critic Match
The Iron Maiden
“It's a Train and a Comedy!”
6.6 / 10• 1963• 1h 38m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Michael Craig
Jack Hopkins
Lead
Anne Helm
Kathy Fisher
Jeff Donnell
Miriam Fisher
Alan Hale Jr.
Paul Fisher
Noel Purcell
Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
Cecil Parker
Sir Giles Thompson
Roland Culver
Lord Upshott
Joan Sims
Nellie Trotter
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gerald Thomas's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Iron Maiden is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
