Man on the Train (TV-1953) DAVID NIVEN

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  • čas přidán 31. 07. 2023
  • 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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Komentáře • 229

  • @Southern-author
    @Southern-author Před 11 měsíci +199

    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
      @barbarakay6614 Před 11 měsíci

      💖 ~ 🎯 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
      @Brutus-co9dt Před 11 měsíci +30

      Yep. When dialogue mattered.

    • @corneilcorneil
      @corneilcorneil Před 10 měsíci +29

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

    • @elliebellie7816
      @elliebellie7816 Před 10 měsíci +25

      Or gratuitous sex, vulgar language

    • @judemorales4U
      @judemorales4U Před 10 měsíci +22

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

  • @42kellys
    @42kellys Před 7 měsíci +10

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

  • @darrensmith6999
    @darrensmith6999 Před 10 měsíci +50

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

  • @arslongavitabrevis5136
    @arslongavitabrevis5136 Před 10 měsíci +41

    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
      @BrianRPaterson Před 10 měsíci +3

      Separate Tables was wonderful.

    • @arslongavitabrevis5136
      @arslongavitabrevis5136 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@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
      @angloaust1575 Před 29 dny

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

  • @paulmorris5166
    @paulmorris5166 Před 11 měsíci +124

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

    • @dougaldouglas8842
      @dougaldouglas8842 Před 11 měsíci +7

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

    • @scronx
      @scronx Před 10 měsíci +1

      What do you mean a war hero?

    • @Eye_Witness
      @Eye_Witness Před 10 měsíci

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

    • @justthink5854
      @justthink5854 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@scronx read his books.

    • @scronx
      @scronx Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@justthink5854I have -- they're frivolous.

  • @PumaLyn
    @PumaLyn Před 10 měsíci +14

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

  • @tomhaskett5161
    @tomhaskett5161 Před 10 měsíci +29

    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.

  • @robertfarrow5853
    @robertfarrow5853 Před 10 měsíci +19

    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.

  • @NoosaHeads
    @NoosaHeads Před 10 měsíci +49

    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
      @JehanineMelmoth Před 10 měsíci +3

      One of my top three films!

    • @NoosaHeads
      @NoosaHeads Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@JehanineMelmoth Great minds think alike...

  • @jkardez4794
    @jkardez4794 Před 10 měsíci +45

    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.

  • @waterbourne9282
    @waterbourne9282 Před 10 měsíci +38

    David Niven, always a class act.

  • @Honemmon
    @Honemmon Před 10 měsíci +27

    David Niven, great actor, and a lovely gentleman

  • @mpgchgo
    @mpgchgo Před 11 měsíci +24

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

    • @stephenvanwoert2447
      @stephenvanwoert2447 Před 11 měsíci +3

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

    • @craigkdillon
      @craigkdillon Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @bobadkins7377
    @bobadkins7377 Před 10 měsíci +17

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

  • @petehall889
    @petehall889 Před 11 měsíci +50

    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
      @myriaddsystems Před 10 měsíci +7

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

    • @petehall889
      @petehall889 Před 10 měsíci +5

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

  • @prodigal1970
    @prodigal1970 Před 11 měsíci +47

    pretty awesome performance, great quality classic with David Niven.

  • @ara8253
    @ara8253 Před 10 měsíci +7

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

  • @binduzutshi2874
    @binduzutshi2874 Před 10 měsíci +8

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

  • @liamegan4303
    @liamegan4303 Před 11 měsíci +18

    David Niven. Class Act. At his very best 😅

  • @michelleleigh2895
    @michelleleigh2895 Před 11 měsíci +7

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

  • @lilliankeane5731
    @lilliankeane5731 Před 11 měsíci +15

    David Niven class actor, I enjoyed that movie!

  • @sharpear1031
    @sharpear1031 Před 10 měsíci +4

    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.

  • @johngreen3543
    @johngreen3543 Před 10 měsíci +8

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

    • @looloo4029
      @looloo4029 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @JehanineMelmoth
    @JehanineMelmoth Před 10 měsíci +21

    Always lovely to see David Niven! Many thanks.

  • @felicitysummers9140
    @felicitysummers9140 Před 9 měsíci +2

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

  • @Booker830
    @Booker830 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Niven top shelf .

  • @melmack2003
    @melmack2003 Před 10 měsíci +6

    I adored David Niven.

  • @ramonasp4989
    @ramonasp4989 Před 10 měsíci +2

    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
    @yevonnehorn6196 Před 11 měsíci +12

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

  • @Paladin1873
    @Paladin1873 Před 10 měsíci +3

    When television still contained style and class.

  • @ednammansfield8553
    @ednammansfield8553 Před 10 měsíci +7

    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.

  • @misfit2022
    @misfit2022 Před 4 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @rosemariemann1719
    @rosemariemann1719 Před 10 měsíci +2

    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.🇬🇧.
    🇬🇧😊🥀🚂💕🌿👍🇬🇧

  • @buzsalmon
    @buzsalmon Před 11 měsíci +9

    ANOTHER GREAT ONE! THANKS PIZZA FLIX!!

  • @judyledbetter3915
    @judyledbetter3915 Před 11 měsíci +7

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

  • @Prof.Tarfeather
    @Prof.Tarfeather Před 10 měsíci +6

    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?

  • @rogerrendzak8055
    @rogerrendzak8055 Před 8 měsíci +3

    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😁!!

  • @markvines7308
    @markvines7308 Před 11 měsíci +11

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

  • @JohnHill-qo3hb
    @JohnHill-qo3hb Před 10 měsíci +3

    One of my favorite British actors.

  • @kiviuq1552
    @kiviuq1552 Před 11 měsíci +15

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

  • @Ripplin
    @Ripplin Před 10 měsíci +5

    Such a fun, quirky performance by Alan Napier!

  • @janicebrowningaquino792
    @janicebrowningaquino792 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Wasn’t this absolutely DELIGHTFUL?!?!

  • @kimba381
    @kimba381 Před 10 měsíci +9

    I want more of that.
    Love David Niven

  • @ChristineRobinette-ue2mj
    @ChristineRobinette-ue2mj Před 11 měsíci +8

    Thank you. For this..👍

  • @michellegulden1052
    @michellegulden1052 Před 8 měsíci +2

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

  • @addie_is_me
    @addie_is_me Před 11 měsíci +7

    David Niven, what a treat. TY

  • @mannyj4751
    @mannyj4751 Před 5 měsíci

    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.

  • @user-kl6rq2sy7n
    @user-kl6rq2sy7n Před 10 měsíci +2

    Very simple way in which the movie is well made

  • @margaretgaal937
    @margaretgaal937 Před 10 měsíci +1

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

    • @looloo4029
      @looloo4029 Před 10 měsíci

      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.

  • @katayounahoo4016
    @katayounahoo4016 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I loveed Hollywood in that era.

  • @Firebrand55
    @Firebrand55 Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @2011littlejohn1
    @2011littlejohn1 Před 9 měsíci +1

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

  • @RetiredSchoolCook
    @RetiredSchoolCook Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @suebradford890
    @suebradford890 Před 10 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @lorismith4368
    @lorismith4368 Před 11 měsíci +16

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

  • @joannasimmonds3706
    @joannasimmonds3706 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Marvelous, thank you

  • @emf49
    @emf49 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Very intriguing story. Thank you for sharing. :)

  • @josephineramirez2826
    @josephineramirez2826 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I ❤him in Around The In 🌎80 Days.

  • @Sealight007
    @Sealight007 Před 10 měsíci +2

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

  • @brynleytalbot778
    @brynleytalbot778 Před 9 měsíci +1

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

  • @cdmc965
    @cdmc965 Před 9 měsíci +1

    So good,thank you

  • @piditte2535
    @piditte2535 Před 10 měsíci +4

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

  • @pamczech5984
    @pamczech5984 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I have several David niven movies wish I had this one

  • @davidarundel6187
    @davidarundel6187 Před 11 měsíci +3

    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 .

  • @marciawade8813
    @marciawade8813 Před 9 měsíci +1

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

  • @kathycurtis9686
    @kathycurtis9686 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Simply adored him.

  • @jenniferlevine5406
    @jenniferlevine5406 Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @CyberDocUSA
    @CyberDocUSA Před 11 měsíci +10

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

    • @davidallen1418
      @davidallen1418 Před 11 měsíci +6

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

    • @rexharrison6827
      @rexharrison6827 Před 11 měsíci +3

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

    • @nildesperandum3
      @nildesperandum3 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Raikes, not Grace...

  • @alejandrayalanbowman367
    @alejandrayalanbowman367 Před 11 měsíci +5

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

  • @barbarakay6614
    @barbarakay6614 Před 11 měsíci +3

    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. 💖

  • @judikingsman6132
    @judikingsman6132 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Marvellous 😁❤

  • @cliftonjarvis8010
    @cliftonjarvis8010 Před 9 měsíci +1

    One of the first actors as a kid I could remember

  • @JoFunnyOnion
    @JoFunnyOnion Před 2 měsíci

    Very enjoyable, thank you.

  • @jeffanderson8678
    @jeffanderson8678 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Brilliant ghost story

  • @FlaminpieSpain
    @FlaminpieSpain Před 10 měsíci +1

    Very good thanks

  • @deegeraghty9426
    @deegeraghty9426 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Brilliant. Thank you 😊

  • @secretmermaidgirl2878
    @secretmermaidgirl2878 Před 10 měsíci +1

    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' - -

  • @tmo.48
    @tmo.48 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Delightful ❤

  • @CounterfeitChristianityCanada
    @CounterfeitChristianityCanada Před 10 měsíci +2

    That was tremendous!

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Entertaing. Thank you.

  • @corneilcorneil
    @corneilcorneil Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you! ❤

  • @lechat8533
    @lechat8533 Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @Julietta-zv9db
    @Julietta-zv9db Před 10 měsíci +1

    Great entertainment movie

  • @justthink5854
    @justthink5854 Před 10 měsíci +2

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

  • @BrittMFH
    @BrittMFH Před 10 měsíci +1

    So good. Thank you! 😊👍

  • @TigerDominic-uh1dv
    @TigerDominic-uh1dv Před 10 měsíci +1

    Good Movie ❤

  • @judikingsman6132
    @judikingsman6132 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This is the year in which I was born 🎉

  • @jamesl9371
    @jamesl9371 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Great story. It was a ghost

  • @billybob9961
    @billybob9961 Před 10 měsíci +1

    That was great thank you!!

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Thanks for sharing! Subscribed😊🎬

  • @josecancela8579
    @josecancela8579 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Great story. Thanks!

  • @chriscoughlan5221
    @chriscoughlan5221 Před 10 měsíci +1

    great story, nice twist at the end!!

  • @bsastarfire250
    @bsastarfire250 Před 10 měsíci

    What a great short tale !

  • @yolainesene8691
    @yolainesene8691 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Merci

  • @StevenBanks123
    @StevenBanks123 Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @MsBackstager
    @MsBackstager Před 10 měsíci +3

    DN was also so very debonair.

  • @paulrigby6545
    @paulrigby6545 Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @ChristineRobinette-ue2mj
    @ChristineRobinette-ue2mj Před 11 měsíci +3

    Looking forward to the next one?👍

  • @jean6872
    @jean6872 Před 10 měsíci +4

    *There must be very few unsolved crimes in England with a police force like Scotland Yard.*

  • @stephenperretti8847
    @stephenperretti8847 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I remember this program. The other stars were ida kuoino, dick Powell and Charles boyer.