Oct 4, 2019
The Finishing Line (1977)
"Two teams line up on one side of the track, and the other two teams are on the other side facing them. When the train passes the Go sign, they have to run across the line. With the train moving at about fifty miles an hour, I reckon they've got about three seconds. The one snag today is that only the judges know what speed the train will be travelling - it could be doing eighty! In which case they have a lot less than three seconds..."
#The finishing line#John krish#short film#Public information film#1977#Antony Carrick#Kevin Flood#don henderson#peter hill#David howe#Jeremy wilkin#Yolande Palfrey#David millet#Michael gilmour#British transport films#Not strictly a public information film although often lumped in with them#An incredibly dark little film about the dangers of playing on railway tracks#This was shown a few times on British TV then quietly withdrawn#And replaced by a less shocking safety film#Krish handles the material very well with a sort of detached view that matches the script and let's the horror build by degree#A few genre faces make brief appearances especially Wilkin and Henderson#But the majority of the cast are non professional (largely local schoolchildren)#You have to wonder what they thought about the film#Tho they equip themselves well I must say