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* [[Eric Morecambe]]
* [[Ernie Wise]]
* [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]]
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'''''Night Train to Murder''''' is a 1985 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[television film]], directed by [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]] and starring [[Morecambe and Wise]]. It was the last work that [[Eric Morecambe]] and [[Ernie Wise]] worked on together before Morecambe's death in 1984 (the comedian being in poor health at the time of filming). It was written as a [[pastiche]] of the works of writers including [[Agatha Christie]] and [[Edgar Wallace]], and is set in 1946—featuring Morecambe and Wise ostensibly as 1940s versions of themselves.

The duo's move from the [[BBC]] to [[Thames Television|Thames]] in 1978 was a much publicised media event, and one of the main reasons for their move was to make films and move away from the format of ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)|The Morecambe & Wise Show]]'' that had proved so popular in the previous decade. The film was completed in March 1983, but not screened until after Morecambe's death the following year. It was originally made with a [[laughter track]], but this was absent when broadcast, and again so when later released on both [[VHS]] and [[DVD]].

The film features a plot of family members dying in strange circumstances and the two leads are drawn into this when Eric's niece Kathy ([[Lysette Anthony]]) is visited by the family's lawyer, played by [[Fulton Mackay]]. It was made largely on location, produced on [[videotape]], and was originally broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] on 3 January 1985. The closing moments of the film see Eric and Ernie walking off together, onto the next gig, making it their final screen image together.

==Cast==
* [[Eric Morecambe]] as Eric Morecambe
* [[Ernie Wise]] as Ernie Wise
* [[Margaret Courtenay (actress)|Margaret Courtenay]] as Dame Flora
* [[Kenneth Haigh]] as Cousin Milton / Cousin Homer
* [[Fulton Mackay]] as Mackay
* [[Pamela Salem]] as Cousin Zelda
* [[Lysette Anthony]] as Kathy Chalmers
* [[Roger Brierley]] as [[Chief Superintendent]] Rivers
* [[Edward Judd]] as  Knife Thrower
* [[Ben Aris]] as Theatre Manager
* [[Tony Boncza]] as Joe
* [[Frank Coda]] as  Stage Manager
* [[Mike Crane]] as Big Jim 
* [[Robert Longden (actor)|Robert Longden]] as Vicar
* [[Penny Meredith]] as Mrs. Manzini
* [[Tim Stern (actor)|Tim Stern]] as Tiny Big Jim
* [[Richard Vernon]] as Uncle Felix

==External links==
*[http://www.morecambeandwise.co.uk/ Morecambe & Wise website]
*[http://www.morecambeandwise.com/ Eric And Ern – Keeping The Magic Alive **Book, Film, TV Reviews, Interviews**]
* {{IMDb title|0124809|Night Train to Murder}}

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[[Category:1984 television specials]]
[[Category:Morecambe and Wise]]
[[Category:ITV comedy]]
[[Category:Television series by Fremantle (company)]]
[[Category:Television shows produced by Thames Television]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:British television films]]
[[Category:Films set on trains]]
[[Category:Films directed by Joseph McGrath (film director)]]


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