Comedy
The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher. The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy 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.
Directed by
Gerald Thomas
Written by
Leslie Bricusse, Vivian Cox
Anton Rodgers
Concierge
John Standing
Humphrey Gore-Brown
Jim Dale
Bill
Cecil Parker
Sir Giles Thompson
Michael Craig
Jack Hopkins
Anne Helm
Kathy Fisher
Alan Hale Jr.
Paul Fisher
Joan Sims
Nellie Trotter
Roland Culver
Lord Upshott
Sam Kydd
Fred Trotter
Brian Rawlinson
Albert - Village Constable
George Woodbridge
Sid Ludge
Jeff Donnell
Miriam Fisher
Jonathan Kydd
Fred's Son
Peter Byrne
Race Starter
Peter Burton
Thompson's Salesman
Cyril Chamberlain
Mrs. Webb's Teammate
Noel Purcell
Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
Ian Wilson
Sidney Webb
Judith Furse
Mrs. Webb
Anthony Baird
Richard Thorp
Harry Markham
Brian Oulton
Vicar
Eric Corrie
Michael Nightingale
Senior Rally Steward
Tom Gill
Rally Steward
Pat Ryan
Rally Steward (uncredited)
Douglas Ives
Charlie
David Aylmer
Thompson's Salesman
Raymond Glendenning
Rally Commentator (voice)
Peter Jesson
'Wrong' Rolls Royce Owner
Bill Cartwright
Middleton Woods
Peter Wells
Actor
John Russell
Himself
Jack Sharp
Steam Rally Spectator (uncredited)

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