
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

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.