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.
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