A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them, and how they deal with it.A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them, and how they deal with it.A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them, and how they deal with it.
Jack Warner
- Jim Hardcastle
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
Gladys Henson
- Mrs. Hardcastle
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
Susan Shaw
- Doris Hardcastle
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
Patric Doonan
- Ron Stacey
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
- (as Patrick Doonan/Patric Doonan)
Philip Dale
- Hardcastle's Fireman
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
Miles Malleson
- Johnson, the Timekeeper
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
Leslie Phillips
- Stacey's Fireman
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
Percy Walsh
- District Superintendent
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
Will Ambro
- Lancashire Railwayman
- (segment "The Engine Driver")
Valerie Hobson
- Stella
- (segment "The Composer")
John Clements
- Raymond Hillary
- (segment "The Composer")
Irina Baronova
- Irina Norozova
- (segment "The Composer")
John Gregson
- Malcolm Murray-Bruce
- (segment "The Composer")
Gwen Cherrell
- Charmian
- (segment "The Composer")
Jacqueline Byrne
- Television Announcer
- (segment "The Composer")
Neal Arden
- The Compere
- (segment "The Composer")
Thelma Grigg
- The Harpist
- (segment "The Composer")
Joan Dowling
- Ella
- (segment "The Prisoner-of-War")
