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The Iron Maiden

The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher. The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.

1963 |1h 38m |  Comedy

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Cast

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Anne Helm

Kathy Fisher

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Michael Craig

Jack Hopkins

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Jeff Donnell

Miriam Fisher

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Alan Hale Jr.

Paul Fisher

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Noel Purcell

Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan

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Cecil Parker

Sir Giles Thompson

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Roland Culver

Lord Upshott

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Joan Sims

Nellie Trotter

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John Standing

Humphrey Gore-Brown

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Brian Oulton

Vicar

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Sam Kydd

Fred Trotter

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Judith Furse

Mrs. Webb

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Jim Dale

Bill

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George Woodbridge

Sid Ludge

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Richard Thorp

Harry Markham

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Peter Byrne

Race Starter (uncredited)

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Ian Wilson

Sidney Webb

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Douglas Ives

Charlie

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Peter Burton

Thompson's Salesman

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Michael Nightingale

Senior Rally Steward

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Cyril Chamberlain

Mrs. Webb's Teammate

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Anton Rodgers

Concierge

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Tom Gill

Rally Steward

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Anthony Baird

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Jonathan Kydd

Fred's Son

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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