fuse, whose timing may be somewhat inaccurate. Janine, meanwhile, remains unaware of all this. Coming home at 3 am to make up with Lyncort, she finds their home empty and starts making phone calls to all the local hospitals, fearing Lyncort has been involved in an accident. Eventually, Janine finds out where her husband is and arrives just in time to see him find the second bomb. He throws it away from the train and it explodes harmlessly in mid-air. They walk away, holding each other closely, as the movie ends. Cast Glenn Ford as Major Peter Lyncort Anne Vernon as Janine Lyncort Maurice Denham as Jim Warilow Harcourt Williams as Vicar Victor Maddern as Saboteur Harold Warrender as Sir Evelyn Jordan John Horsley as Constable Charles Baron Campbell Singer as Inspector Brannon Bill Fraser as Constable J. Reed Herbert C. Walton as Old Charlie Martin Wyldeck as Sergeant Collins Arthur Hambling as Train Driver Harry Locke as Train Fireman Frank Atkinson as Guard Ernest Butcher as Martindale Peter Illing as Carlo Jack McNaughton as Briggs Robert Rietty as Mr. Hancock Amy Dalby as Sarah - Charlie's Wife Jean Anderson as Matron Hilda Fenemore as Jimmy's Mother Leslie Phillips as Police Sergeant Charlotte Mitchell as Buffet Waitress Jack May as Pub Patron Ada Reeve as Old Lady Jack MacGowran as Bearded Man in Hostel Keith Pyott as Train District Superintendent Edward Evans as Policeman at Station Arthur Mullard as Policeman Evacuating Pub Laurence Naismith as Ambulance Man Russell Waters as Ticket Collector Sam Kydd as Ticket Inspector Reception According to MGM records the film earned $346,000 in the US and Canada and $400,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $517,000. In their survey of British B movies, Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe Time Bomb as "a slickly made suspense thriller with a twist in the tail" that "pointed the direction for British second features over the next decade": "Its compact story, clear narrative trajectory, convincing location work and engaging central performance augmented with entertaining character studies, all provided a template for smaller British production outfits looking to give their films some international appeal." References External links 1953 films 1950s thriller films British black-and-white films British thriller films Rail transport films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films set in Birmingham, West Midlands Films shot at MGM-British Studios Films scored by John Addison 1950s English-language films 1950s British films