The Signalman
- TV Movie
- 1976
- 38m
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7.6/10
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A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.
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- TriviaThe tune which the Signal-Man whistles is "Tit Willow" from The Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
- GoofsDenholm Elliott's surname is misspelt as "ELLIOT" on the opening credits. It is spelled correctly on the closing credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Timeshift: Between the Lines: Railways in Fiction and Film (2008)
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Chilling
I remember watching this movie as a kid and then again late at night a few years ago. I had to be honest totally forgotten about it until I was recently researching ghost stories. Well to say that I had totally forgotten about it is wrong, when watching movies such as The others this movie always sprung to mind. This short is full of atmosphere and suspense it is a ghost chiller in the purest sense and we are never really sure if the entire thing is in the signalman's mind or not. This pure fact alone makes it superior to most modern Hollywood attempts, were you work out in the first five minutes what is going on and how it will all work out. I would recommend this short to all fans of chillers as the ending even when watched in the day is still shocking. If you are a sensitive type though I would keep clear.
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- SBULGACS1
- Apr 27, 2006
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