Ghost Train (1941)

 Stars: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison

A group of mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.

The travellers eventually get to the bottom of it all in a thrilling finale. In between the scary bits, comedian Arthur Askey jokes in his normal very lively style of humour, which at times is to the irritation of his fellow passengers. He is very good though and really carries the film.

From a famous stage play by Arnold Ridley – who we all know well as Private Godfrey in Dads Army