The Iron Maiden

The Iron Maiden

98 mins | Comedy | June 7, 1963

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.

The Iron Maiden

98 mins | Comedy | June 7, 1963

The Iron Maiden
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Peter Rommel Productions
Original title The Iron Maiden
Directors Gerald Thomas
Writers Vivian Cox, Leslie Bricusse

Cast

Anne Helm

as Kathy Fisher

Michael Craig

as Jack Hopkins

Jeff Donnell

as Miriam Fisher

Alan Hale Jr.

as Paul Fisher

Noel Purcell

as Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan

Cecil Parker

as Sir Giles Thompson

Roland Culver

as Lord Upshott

Joan Sims

as Nellie Trotter

John Standing

as Humphrey Gore-Brown

Brian Oulton

as Vicar

Sam Kydd

as Fred Trotter

Judith Furse

as Mrs. Webb

Jim Dale

as Bill

George Woodbridge

as Sid Ludge

Richard Thorp

as Harry Markham

Peter Byrne

as Race Starter (uncredited)

Ian Wilson

as Sidney Webb

Brian Rawlinson

as Albert - Village Constable

Douglas Ives

as Charlie

David Aylmer

as Thompson's Salesman

Peter Burton

as Thompson's Salesman

Michael Nightingale

as Senior Rally Steward

Raymond Glendenning

as Rally Commentator (voice)

Cyril Chamberlain

as Mrs. Webb's Teammate

Peter Jesson

as 'Wrong' Rolls Royce Owner

Anton Rodgers

as Concierge

Tom Gill

as Rally Steward

Peter Wells

as Actor

Jonathan Kydd

as Fred's Son

John Russell

as Himself

Pat Ryan

as Rally Steward (uncredited)