Movie: Night Mail

Top 4 Billed Cast

Arthur Clark
Arthur Clark

Engineer

John Grierson
John Grierson

Commentary

Stuart Legg
Stuart Legg

Commentary

Robert Rae
Robert Rae

Senior Driver - LMS Railway

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    This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.

  • Release Date

    1936-01-13

  • Average

    6.1

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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