Night Train for Inverness is a black and white 1960 British drama film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Norman Wooland, Jane Hylton and Dennis Waterman. It is notable as the film debut of Dennis Waterman. The film was referenced in an episode of the Minder Podcast.
Plot
Roy Lewis, just released from gaol, kidnaps his young son Ted and takes him on a train bound for Inverness. However, Lewis doesn't know that Ted is diabetic and faces death without regular insulin injections. Meanwhile, a police manhunt is launched.
Partial cast
Norman Wooland - Roy Lewis
Jane Hylton - Marion Crane
Dennis Waterman - Ted Lewis
Silvia Francis - Ann Lewis
Valentine Dyall - Inspector Kent
Irene Arnold - Mrs Wall
Colin Tapley - Dr Jackson
Howard Lang - Sergeant
Kaplan Kaye - Charles
Critical reception
TV Guide gave it two out of four stars, calling it an "average drama." while The List gave it three out of five stars, and wrote, "this tight, train-bound 1960 thriller has a lot to commend it...Gutsy (for its time) and very watchable." The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane say "it generates genuine suspense from a neatly plotted screenplay".