Die eiserne Jungfrau (1963)
65KDie eiserne Jungfrau: Directed by Gerald Thomas. With Michael Craig, Anne Helm, Jeff Donnell, Alan Hale Jr.. An American airline firm plans to buy a new British passenger plane, but the deal hits trouble when the plane’s designer, Jack Hopkins (Michael Craig), and Kathy Fisher (Anne Helm), the daughter of the Airline owner, take an instant dislike to each other, after crashing into each other in a quiet country lane. With each blaming the other for the accident, the arrangement looks in trouble, unless nature takes a hand.
“Technically weak, but then Iu0026#39;m an anorak. Delightful story, and invaluable film of the early steam preservation movement in the UK. It is good to see so many traction engines and steam rollers Did I mention the u0026quot;Safety Valveu0026quot;? To those in the know I donu0026#39;t need to, the throbbing, sweaty looking brass thing in front of the driver is supposed to be a safety valve, it is in fact a lubricator and clouting it with a hammer would make no difference whatsoever. (Also it is in totally the wrong place!) At the time of filming The Iron Maiden (or Kitchener to give her her proper name) was owned by a gentleman called John Crawley who actually doubled for Anne Helm for some of the driving shots. The Iron Maiden (yes, the name stuck) is still around today and can regularly be seen at various steam rallies around the countryside. All technical inaccuracies aside, just enjoy, they donu0026#39;t make u0026#39;em like that any more.”
