

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

Jim Hardcastle

Mrs Hardcastle

Ron Stacey

Stella

Ella

Mrs. Bailey

Doris Hardcastle

Hardcastle's Fireman

Johnson, the Timekeeper

Stacey's Fireman

District Superintendent

Lancashire Railwayman

Raymond Hillary

Irina Norozova

Malcolm Murray-Bruce

Charmian

Television Announcer

The Compere

The Harpist

Richard

Clerk at Shipping Office

Philip Mason

Louise

Joe Hunt

Mrs. Hunt

First Plain Clothes Man

Second Plain Clothes Man

Bolingbroke

The Producer

Actor

Actor

Actor

Actor

Director

Director

Director of Photography

Music

Screenplay

Camera Operator

Director of Photography

Art Direction

Screenplay

Hairstylist

Producer

Editor

Camera Operator

Costume Design

Art Direction

Screenplay

Makeup Artist

Screenplay

Director

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist