![]() The other element it does extremely well, which is often missed out on, is balancing out a key cast with supporting players who all have something to add to the story. It’s an entertaining story and it easily holds your attention from start to finish, it’s an effortless watch which makes you wish for the days when heist films focused less on making themselves complicated and more on entertainment. The characters are constructed to smoothly walk that line of good and bad, letting you know they’re capable of plenty without losing any likability at all. There’s a nicely mysterious and nefarious air lingering in the background which ups the risk factor. It’s paced extremely well and raises the tension and suspense as times goes on. ![]() It’s a pretty great example of what can be achieved in a brief amount of time. With the constant conversation about film runtimes these days, it’s almost unimaginable to have a feature coming in at just seventy minutes long but that’s what you get with The Flying Scot. Starring: Lee Patterson, Kay Callard, Alan Gifford, Margaret Withers, Mark Baker, Jeremy Bodkin, Gerald Case, Margaret Gordon, John Lee, Kerry Jordan and John Dearth. The train is carrying withdrawn bank notes from Scotland to London to be destroyed. ![]() Directed by Compton Bennett and written by Norman Hudis, Ronnie, earning very little from his own exploits, gathers together a band of villains to carry out a robbery on ‘The Flying Scotsman’ passenger train.
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