STUDIOCANAL have announced the upcoming release of the newly-restored crime
thriller, THE FLYING SCOT. This rarely seen classic will be available to
own on Blu-Ray and Digital for the very first time from August 8. A DVD
version will be released on the same day. This compact, claustrophobic
British B-movie gem directed by Compton Bennett (The Seventh Veil,
Man-Eater) and written by Norman Hudis (Carry on Nurse, The Duke Wore
Jeans) and Ralph Smart (Always a Bride, Bush Christmas), features three
very different career criminals, who join forces for a daring robbery
attempt aboard the famous London-Glasgow passenger train The Flying
Scotsman. Lee Patterson (Airplane 2, Checkpoint) is the man with the
audacious plan and Kay Callard (White Hunter, The Electric Monster) his
glamorous accomplice in this taut heist thriller with echoes of film noir,
which also stars Alan Gifford (2001: A Space Odyssey, The Iron Petticoat)
and Margaret Withers (Sin of Esther Waters, If Theis be Sin). Featuring
brand-new bonus material and looking better than ever, the FLYING SCOT is a
welcome addition to the ever-expanding Vintage Classics collection.
Fantastic Robbery on the Mile-a-Minute Express! Dissatisfied with the small
profits gained by his petty crimes, Ronnie Cowan (Patterson) attempts to
pull off the most sensational train robbery of all time. After learning
that the Bank of Scotland periodically sends half a million pounds in notes
from Glasgow to London for destruction aboard The Flying Scotsman, he
assembles a trusted transatlantic team and a seemingly fool proof scheme is
put into action.
