Man on the Train (TV-1953) DAVID NIVEN

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11 ай бұрын

Four Star Playhouse Season 1 Episode 9
Stars: David Niven, Lowell Gilmore, Rhys Williams
Director: Robert Florey
A man encounters an old acquaintance on a train traveling with a large sum of money. He later learns that the man had disappeared four months earlier after embezzling the cash from the train company.

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@42kellys 8 ай бұрын

I just have always loved David Niven. If I see a film and he is in it I watch it. Never disappointed.

@Southern-author 11 ай бұрын

Just imagine telling a great story without people screaming at each other; no gun shots; and no car chases. I guess good writers do not need those fake action crutches.

@barbarakay6614 11 ай бұрын

💖 ~ 🎯 Sadly, Hollywood is overrun with bad writers, actors, directors, & producers ... & they DO need those fake action crutches & all the rest that they contaminate the silver screen with, which is why I stopped going to cinema movies a long time ago; along with China's BlueSuitz' involvement. Nothing compares to these cool black & whites. 👍✌🤙 💜 ✝️ 💜 👊 🇺🇸 ⚖ If you wish for peace, prepare for war. 💖

@Brutus-co9dt 11 ай бұрын

Yep. When dialogue mattered.

@corneilcorneil 11 ай бұрын

No phones, no drugs, polite language, well dressed, ...

@elliebellie7816 10 ай бұрын

Or gratuitous sex, vulgar language

@judemorales4U 10 ай бұрын

Yes, suspenseful little plot. I appreciate these older films❤

@darrensmith6999 10 ай бұрын

I think the world is a little emptier with out David Niven. Good Night David.

@MarionFeltham Ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more.

@arslongavitabrevis5136 10 ай бұрын

For all the admirers of David Niven I would recommend "Separate Tables" (1958). In that film he gave his finest performance, for which he was deservedly awarded an Oscar. As the English used to say "he was a wonderful chap". RIP, David and thanks for the memories.

@BrianRPaterson 10 ай бұрын

Separate Tables was wonderful.

@arslongavitabrevis5136 10 ай бұрын

@@BrianRPaterson That's right Brian. Even the musical theme ("Separate Tales") sung by the great Vic Damone is magnificent. I consider it one of the 10 finest films ever made.

@angloaust1575 Ай бұрын

Charming and handsome Sad his wife died playing Foolish games with lights Off!

@robertfarrow5853 10 ай бұрын

His autobiographies are laugh til you cry and weep at the sadness. The Moons a Balloon and Bring on the Empty Horses. They read as smooth as his charm, wit and humour.

@PumaLyn 10 ай бұрын

Perfect English, decently dressed actors and actress, no profanity and yet, captivating.

@tomhaskett5161 10 ай бұрын

When 4 Star TV started, it was a brave step for the founders Niven, Powell, Lupino and Boyer. It was defying the power of the movie studios, who wanted to stop TV from getting traction.

@paulmorris5166 11 ай бұрын

This was a really great episode. David Niven, not just a class actor but a real life war hero.

@dougaldouglas8842 11 ай бұрын

He was indeed a war hero, as millions of others were.

@scronx 10 ай бұрын

What do you mean a war hero?

@Eye_Witness 10 ай бұрын

@@scronx You could always google it, I suppose.

@justthink5854 10 ай бұрын

@@scronx read his books.

@scronx 10 ай бұрын

@@justthink5854I have -- they're frivolous.

@Honemmon 11 ай бұрын

David Niven, great actor, and a lovely gentleman

@waterbourne9282 10 ай бұрын

David Niven, always a class act.

@ara8253 11 ай бұрын

Really good. I've never seen it before in my 71 years. ❤

@prodigal1970 11 ай бұрын

pretty awesome performance, great quality classic with David Niven.

@michelleleigh2895 11 ай бұрын

I miss and adore old black and white movies. Thankyou ❤❤❤

@jkardez4794 10 ай бұрын

I really wish there were more helpful ghosts like these ; a great many more mysteries would be solved in our world. David Niven had that unique look that projected a feeling of being helpful and helpless at the same time . Loved it.

@ajivins1 10 ай бұрын

Marty Hopkirk was the best.

@billybob9961 10 ай бұрын

Yes me too

@NoosaHeads 11 ай бұрын

Everything - absolutely everything - with David Niven is always worth watching. Check out "A matter of life and death" aka "Stairway to Heaven." Superb movie... (made in the 1940s but you'd swear it was much more recent than that).

@JehanineMelmoth 10 ай бұрын

One of my top three films!

@NoosaHeads 10 ай бұрын

@@JehanineMelmoth Great minds think alike...

@bobadkins7377 11 ай бұрын

Well that was an interesting diversion for a Sunday afternoon. David Niven, always the consummate British gentleman.

@charmianjohnson2364 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that. David Niven so classy.

@binduzutshi2874 11 ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing this TV film. They don't make like that anymore.

@lilliankeane5731 11 ай бұрын

David Niven class actor, I enjoyed that movie!

@petehall889 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for screening this episode. Great to see David Niven in his prime - a wonderful actor of his time! He very much reminds me of my father, both of whom are much missed.

@myriaddsystems 11 ай бұрын

Very fortunate to have a father anything like David Niven, he was such a gentleman

@petehall889 11 ай бұрын

@@myriaddsystems Indeed, he was a jolly decent chap.

@mpgchgo 11 ай бұрын

Enjoyed seeing David Niven again, Alan Napier TV's "Alfred the Butler" from Batman (1966) was a bonus!

@stephenvanwoert2447 11 ай бұрын

Alan Napier also appeared in some Alfred Hitchcock Presents tv episodes in the 1950's.

@craigkdillon 10 ай бұрын

Thanks. I was trying to remember that face. I was thinking Michael Rennie, but I knew that was wrong. Alan Napier, of course.

@JehanineMelmoth 11 ай бұрын

Always lovely to see David Niven! Many thanks.

@sharpear1031 10 ай бұрын

A realgood filmed story. David Niven really controls the tone and mood. He knew how to speak in a way that kept matters light, yet dramatic.

@liamegan4303 11 ай бұрын

David Niven. Class Act. At his very best 😅

@ramonasp4989 10 ай бұрын

Thank You, I enjoyed this very much ! I love the old times when blood and guts were not thrown all over the screen or filth, to tell the story, just Great actors and actresses!

@yevonnehorn6196 11 ай бұрын

David Niven. Thank you for this movie. Enjoyed it.

@ednammansfield8553 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video which I have never seen before with the great David Niven one of my favourite actors. Thanks for sharing this.

@Booker830 10 ай бұрын

Niven top shelf .

@felicitysummers9140 10 ай бұрын

Well those were the days, David Niven a great actor, when there were decent movies. Really enjoyed.

@rosemariemann1719 10 ай бұрын

Glad to find this by chance. David Niven was always good. When this was new, my older brother was 7, I was 5, and younger brother was 1...😊 Coronation year of our late lamented Q.E. ll.🇬🇧. 🇬🇧😊🥀🚂💕🌿👍🇬🇧

@melmack2003 10 ай бұрын

I adored David Niven.

@Paladin1873 10 ай бұрын

When television still contained style and class.

@addie_is_me 11 ай бұрын

David Niven, what a treat. TY

@markvines7308 11 ай бұрын

I've listened to this story many times on audiobook channels, it was great to actually watch it on the screen.

@janicebrowningaquino792 10 ай бұрын

Wasn’t this absolutely DELIGHTFUL?!?!

@johngreen3543 11 ай бұрын

Another very good David Niven performance in a 4 star playhouse is series 1 episode 13 The episode is called "No Identity".

@looloo4029 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for that information. I will do some research about the program. 😊

@kimba381 11 ай бұрын

I want more of that. Love David Niven

@rogerrendzak8055 8 ай бұрын

That went from, a crime drama, to a fantasy thriller, in a heartbeat💓!! Wasn't expecting that, at ALL!! Always enjoyed David's personality, and acting. Never heard of this television program, before either. Thank you😁!!

@mannyj4751 6 ай бұрын

Great episode. I was 1 year old in 1953...so I guess I missed the original airing! Lol...we didn't have TV until many years later.

@judyledbetter3915 11 ай бұрын

Thank You PizzaFlix.🌹 Really Good. God Bless.❤️🙌

@kiviuq1552 11 ай бұрын

Oh, this was good! I hope there’ll be more episodes. Thank you.

@Ripplin 11 ай бұрын

Such a fun, quirky performance by Alan Napier!

@ChristineRobinette-ue2mj 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. For this..👍

@user-kl6rq2sy7n 10 ай бұрын

Very simple way in which the movie is well made

@emf49 10 ай бұрын

Very intriguing story. Thank you for sharing. :)

@JohnHill-qo3hb 10 ай бұрын

One of my favorite British actors.

@michellegulden1052 8 ай бұрын

I noticed some of these. I look for things like this in movies and t.v. Not for negative feelings, just is further entertaining.

@josephineramirez2826 10 ай бұрын

I ❤him in Around The In 🌎80 Days.

@buzsalmon 11 ай бұрын

ANOTHER GREAT ONE! THANKS PIZZA FLIX!!

@Prof.Tarfeather 10 ай бұрын

Two of the Greats, David Niven and Alan Napier! A good story ...You never know? Some people have the minds eye to pick up on certain energies?

@katayounahoo4016 10 ай бұрын

I loveed Hollywood in that era.

@misfit2022 4 ай бұрын

An enjoyable little short with David Niven and Alan Napier now famous for playing Alfred from Batman but had many screen credits before this and also a few afterwards.

@margaretgaal937 10 ай бұрын

Brought to you by the Singer Sewing Machine company. Sounds sweet. Sewing machine was a fantastic standard for woman sewing at home.

@looloo4029 10 ай бұрын

I still sew 🧵 on a Singer 306K. Scottish made, an absolute workhorse. It was built in September 1959, making it 64 years old in a few days. Puts modern machines to shame.

@joannasimmonds3706 9 ай бұрын

Marvelous, thank you

@RetiredSchoolCook 11 ай бұрын

🍕🍕Thank you , PF .🍕David Niven , a great talent .❤👍🍕🍕🍕

@2011littlejohn1 9 ай бұрын

An unexpected gem - David Niven was so good. I miss him a lot.

@Firebrand55 10 ай бұрын

Tall, dapper, suave, controlled, great author......it was men like David Niven what really won the War!

@lorismith4368 11 ай бұрын

When they don’t spend half of the time doing all the blood, sex and gore, they can really develop their characters.

@charlottezgoda3248 3 күн бұрын

❤love this David is great

@jenniferlevine5406 10 ай бұрын

Great story! Thanks for providing this for us to watch!

@Sealight007 11 ай бұрын

PizzaFlix, this was a fun one to slip in. Great acting. And the twist and the only plausible explanation was the ghost.

@cdmc965 9 ай бұрын

So good,thank you

@pamczech5984 10 ай бұрын

I have several David niven movies wish I had this one

@suebradford890 10 ай бұрын

David Niven always cut such an English gentlemanly figure! One mini-criticism: we in Britain don't call our railways "railroads" - they're railways. However, I enjoyed watching this.

@JoFunnyOnion 2 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable, thank you.

@marciawade8813 10 ай бұрын

Niven's autobiography was one the most entertaining ones I've read.

@CyberDocUSA 11 ай бұрын

@12:26 perhaps the funniest line in the flick: _Why, come to think of it, Grace, my secretary, has a grey beard._ 🤣

@davidallen1418 11 ай бұрын

Back then most secretary's were male, Grace would of been his surname.

@rexharrison6827 11 ай бұрын

That fits perfectly into today's "gender fluid" society! 😆

@nildesperandum3 10 ай бұрын

Raikes, not Grace...

@kathycurtis9686 10 ай бұрын

Simply adored him.

@brynleytalbot778 10 ай бұрын

A simple story from a much gentler age, though the class divides are far more noticeable after decades of social change.

@cliftonjarvis8010 10 ай бұрын

One of the first actors as a kid I could remember

@FlaminpieSpain 10 ай бұрын

Very good thanks

@alejandrayalanbowman367 11 ай бұрын

On a British train, he is not a conductor but the guard.

@davidarundel6187 11 ай бұрын

Ahh , unbeleivers , what would we do without them . Singer , a name not seen for years , but in the family home from treddle machine , 1st modle knee bar operated , rather than foot peddle , to two later models , all still going strong . "The man on the tràin " , a geeat story , one woth retelling often - such a long time since compartment seating has been seen on English rail .

@piditte2535 10 ай бұрын

Lo mejor que he visto hace tiempo.Gracias por subirlo!

@jeffanderson8678 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant ghost story

@secretmermaidgirl2878 10 ай бұрын

the original short story which was used to make this adaptation was written by the noted novelist, Egyptologist, artist, singer and adventurous traveller AMELIA B EDWARDS ... who wrote many novels - some selling over a million copies! - and dozens of short stories including THE PHANTOM COACH and - THE 4.15 EXPRESS which was the source material for this story. Even IMDB has not given her any credit as being the writer of the original story. The full text of THE 4.15 EXPRESS can be found in the Gutenberg Project online library, in a volume called STORIES OF MYSTERY - I highly recommend Amelia's novel BARBARA'S STORY and her many other collections of short stories and 'mysterious tales' - -

@Julietta-zv9db 10 ай бұрын

Great entertainment movie

@CounterfeitChristianityCanada 11 ай бұрын

That was tremendous!

@judikingsman6132 10 ай бұрын

This is the year in which I was born 🎉

@philiprufus4427 3 ай бұрын

Me Also !

@deegeraghty9426 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you 😊

@barbarakay6614 11 ай бұрын

22:11 ☆ 💖 ~ Wowwwww ... was NOT expecting this!!! LUV being surprised like this. Figured him & his boss were gaslighting David Niven's character back in the office. Don't believe in ghosts - but this was a jolly good ride!!! TY🍕 👍✌🤙 💜 ✝️ 💜 👊 🇺🇸 ⚖ If you wish for peace, prepare for war. 💖

@lechat8533 10 ай бұрын

This was great. Short but sweet :) Thank you for sharing!

@janetmackinnon3411 10 ай бұрын

Entertaing. Thank you.

@tmo.48 11 ай бұрын

Delightful ❤

@yolainesene8691 10 ай бұрын

Merci

@TigerDominic-uh1dv 10 ай бұрын

Good Movie ❤

@brendakrieger7000 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Subscribed😊🎬

@looloo4029 10 ай бұрын

Me too! 😊

@jamesl9371 10 ай бұрын

Great story. It was a ghost

@corneilcorneil 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤

@chriscoughlan5221 10 ай бұрын

great story, nice twist at the end!!

@judikingsman6132 10 ай бұрын

Marvellous 😁❤

@justthink5854 10 ай бұрын

the "man with the beard" great character actor in How Green Was My Valley and The Kentuckian. love David too

@BrittMFH 10 ай бұрын

So good. Thank you! 😊👍

@bsastarfire250 10 ай бұрын

What a great short tale !

@billybob9961 10 ай бұрын

That was great thank you!!

@StevenBanks123 10 ай бұрын

The director to Niven: “Bug your eyes. That’s right, and again please … and again.” But what a fun little story!

@josecancela8579 11 ай бұрын

Great story. Thanks!

@paulrigby6545 10 ай бұрын

Based upon Amelia B Edwards' Four Fifteen Express, one of a number of excellent ghost stories she created.

@big566bunny 11 ай бұрын

An intriguing episode. A bit of Twilight Zone in it. If this is typical of English TV of 1953. I’m all for it. A compelling story on a limited production budget. Shows you can’t substitute money for talent. Current English broadcasting is pathetic in comparison.

@coopdivi 11 ай бұрын

It's not English tv at all. It's an American production aimed at an American audience, with a typical Hollywood slant on how they thought the Brits of that time looked, talked and lived. There are many glaring errors, not the least of which is that the British railway system was nationalised in 1948 and became British Railways -- thus there were no private main rail lines or extensions therefrom at that time.

@robertwalker5521 10 ай бұрын

@@coopdivi You'd be fun to sit with in a pub/tavern and drink/chat all afternoon.

@coopdivi 10 ай бұрын

@@robertwalker5521 Yeah, ok, so I was a bit ticked off when I wrote that because of all the obvious mistakes from an ex-Brit's point of view. If you're going to set a tv play in Britain, at least make some effort to make it *feel* like Britain. I would have thought that David Niven of all people would have had a word with the producer and/or writer about it.