
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.
Cast

Michael Craig
Jack Hopkins

Anne Helm
Kathy Fisher

Jeff Donnell
Miriam Fisher

Alan Hale Jr.
Paul Fisher

Noel Purcell
Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan

Cecil Parker
Sir Giles Thompson

Roland Culver
Lord Upshott

Joan Sims
Nellie Trotter

John Standing
Humphrey Gore-Brown

Brian Oulton
Vicar

Sam Kydd
Fred Trotter

Judith Furse
Mrs. Webb

Richard Thorp
Harry Markham

Jim Dale
Bill

George Woodbridge
Sid Ludge

Ian Wilson
Sidney Webb
Brian Rawlinson
Albert - Village Constable

Douglas Ives
Charlie
David Aylmer
Thompson's Salesman

Peter Burton
Thompson's Salesman

Michael Nightingale
Senior Rally Steward
Raymond Glendenning
Rally Commentator (voice)

Cyril Chamberlain
Mrs. Webb's Teammate
Peter Jesson
'Wrong' Rolls Royce Owner

Anton Rodgers
Concierge

Tom Gill
Rally Steward

Anthony Baird
Unknown
Bill Cartwright
Unknown

Peter Byrne
Race Starter
Middleton Woods
Unknown
Peter Wells
Actor
Eric Corrie
Unknown

Jonathan Kydd
Fred's Son
John Russell
Himself

Pat Ryan
Rally Steward (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Steam Rally Spectator (uncredited)
Crew
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