The Iron Maiden

Synopsis

The film follows Jack Hopkins (played by Michael Craig), an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss (played by Cecil Parker) is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher (Alan Hale, Jr.). The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy (Anne Helm) damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.

Main Cast

Anne Helm

Kathy Fisher

Age : 85 | Popularity : 9%

Michael Craig

Jack Hopkins

Age : 96 | Popularity : 3%

Jeff Donnell

Miriam Fisher

Age : 66 | Popularity : 7%

Alan Hale Jr.

Paul Fisher

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Noel Purcell

Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan

Age : 84 | Popularity : 8%

Cecil Parker

Sir Giles Thompson

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Roland Culver

Lord Upshott

Age : 83 | Popularity : 6%

Joan Sims

Nellie Trotter

Age : 71 | Popularity : 12%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Leslie Bricusse Vivian Cox
Crew	Cinematography	Alan Hume
Directing	Director	Gerald Thomas
Production	Producer	Peter Rogers Frank Bevis
Sound	Music	Eric Rogers
Editing	Editor	Archie Ludski
Department	Role	Name

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