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Time Express

  • TV Series
  • 19791979
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
47
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38,432
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Vincent Price in Time Express (1979)
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Jason and Margaret Winters are the sophisticated hosts of the Time Express, a train which takes its passengers back in time to relive a pivotal moment of their lives.Jason and Margaret Winters are the sophisticated hosts of the Time Express, a train which takes its passengers back in time to relive a pivotal moment of their lives.Jason and Margaret Winters are the sophisticated hosts of the Time Express, a train which takes its passengers back in time to relive a pivotal moment of their lives.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
47
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
38,432
1,059
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    • Creators
      • Ivan Goff
      • Ben Roberts
    • Stars
      • Vincent Price
      • Coral Browne
      • Woodrow Parfrey
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    • Creators
      • Ivan Goff
      • Ben Roberts
    • Stars
      • Vincent Price
      • Coral Browne
      • Woodrow Parfrey
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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  • Episodes4

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    "Time Express," Vincent Price and Coral Browne. 1979/CBS
    "Time Express," Coral Browne and Vincent Price. 1979/ CBS
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    Vincent Price, Coral Browne, Woodrow Parfrey, William Phipps, and James Reynolds in Time Express (1979)

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    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Jason Winters
    4 episodes4 eps • 1979
    Coral Browne
    Coral Browne
    • Maggie Winters…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1979
    Woodrow Parfrey
    Woodrow Parfrey
    • Ticket Agent…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1979
    William Phipps
    William Phipps
    • E. Patrick Callahan…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1979
    James Reynolds
    James Reynolds
    • R.J. Walker…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1979
    James MacArthur
    James MacArthur
    • Dr. Mark Toland
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Richard Masur
    Richard Masur
    • Sam Loring
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Steve Kanaly
    Steve Kanaly
    • Michael Bennett
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Robert Hooks
    Robert Hooks
    • John Slocum
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Morgan Fairchild
    Morgan Fairchild
    • Michelle Flemming
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Marcia Strassman
    Marcia Strassman
    • Sara Mason
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Jerry Stiller
    Jerry Stiller
    • Edward Chernoff
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Jaime Lyn Bauer
    • Liz Stone
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Richard Erdman
    Richard Erdman
    • Horace Hilling
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Terri Nunn
    Terri Nunn
    • Jill Martin
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Paul Sylvan
    Paul Sylvan
    • Tony Marcello
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Pamela Toll
    • Olivia Toland
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Michael Conrad
    Michael Conrad
    • 'Sully' Sullivan
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    • Creators
      • Ivan Goff
      • Ben Roberts
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    • Trivia
      Vincent Price was working in the UK to film Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) and Theater of Blood (1973). When he saw some episodes of Doctor Who (1963), it inspired him to create an American version of the show, with him playing The Doctor. Unfortunately, he was unable to obtain the rights for Doctor Who and later developed this movie to make up for it.
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      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Episode dated 2 April 1979 (1979)

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    A Good Effort...
    This was a good effort at creating a Twilight Zone-type of story, using time-travel as the main plot device. Vincent Price starred as the host and principal owner of a train which traveled back and forth in time. As I recall they overlaid a Pullman train stock shot with lots of fog to simulate the mysticism of time-travel.

    There were two episodes which I saw, and both were fairly good. The first involved the story of a man whose wife required a bone marrow transplant. Her parents couldn't give it, but it turned out she was adopted. The orphanage records had been lost in a fire, so, Time Express to the rescue! Of course, almost no one in the past believed him except a friendly nun who believed in miracles. The twist (every good story has them!) was that upon learning of his long-lost sister, the unknowing brother doesn't want to give his marrow. Later at the end, however, he shows up and explains that his wife has told him he's going to be a father and "...it didn't seem right to let one life die when a new one is being born." Actually, since I remember the dialogue, it must have had an effect on me!

    The second story was about a garbage man who found millions of dollars in cash while emptying cans, and went on to become a financier. He felt guilty about it, because he never knew whose money it was. Time Express allowed him to replay that fortunate incident, and this time he called it in to the police. It turned out that the money was a cash deposit by one mobster to another to pay back a loan! After a confrontation between the gangsters and the sanitation workers, the garbage man still ends up with the money!

    While Vincent Price could never measure up to Rod Serling, the show was pretty good. Decent writing, with hints of something else in the background. At one point the conductor is chatting with the engineer, and make mention of the fact that this is all a second chance for them, as their train "went down into that gulley with no chance of ever coming back".

    This was a good try, and a worthy entry into the Hall of Almost Series'.
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    • Release date
      • April 26, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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