The Signalman
- TV Movie
- 1976
- 38m
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7.6/10
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A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.
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- TriviaThe tune which the Signal-Man whistles is "Tit Willow" from The Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
- GoofsDenholm Elliott's surname is misspelt as "ELLIOT" on the opening credits. It is spelled correctly on the closing credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Timeshift: Between the Lines: Railways in Fiction and Film (2008)
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The perfect ghost story adaptation
In the days when television could do this sort of thing...there has never to me been a more perfect adaptation of a ghost story. The location is spot-on, the performances beautifully polite but tense, and the atmosphere has to be experienced to be believed. Lawrence Gordon Clark, as with all the MR James adaptations, stays loyal to the notion of showing a little not a lot, and it works a treat. At forty minutes, it never outstays its welcome,and some of the camera work and individuals shots (eg Denholm Elliott standing at the mouth of the tunnel as smoke billows out behind him after the collision) and the night shot of the traveller returning to the inn are remarkable. Incomparable, and I am positive Dickens would approve.
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