What is the name of the controversial British movie about a train conductor, who after tragically killing two people with his train, sets out to convince a third person to jump in front of his train so he will be allowed to retire with his full pay intact?

gonnzo

"Three and Out." (Also released as "A Deal is a Deal" in the U.S.) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130980/ http://www.adealisadeal.com/ Mar 22 09, 9:21 PM

Baloo55th

The film is actually about a train driver, not a conductor. In British English, the person who works the controls is a train driver. In American English, the term is engineer. The conductor is the person formerly known as the guard who now collects fares and checks tickets. On the bigger long-distance trains, there may still be a person known as a guard who solely performs the functions of the old guard. The convergence between Brit and US usage is a coincidence. The adoption of the term conductor in the UK follows the increase in unmanned stations on quieter lines and comes from the formerly used term for the collector of fares on buses - a role now gone as all local bus services are OMO (one man operated). The transfer of the term happened as one died out and the other increased. A conductor could not do what the driver in the film does. He has responsibility for telling the driver that it is safe to set off. The driver may not set off until he has this clearance, but also may not set off after it if he considers it not safe. This applies to passenger trains. In the UK, goods trains are one man operated. The three and out business is not a rule on any UK railway, by the way. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130980/synopsis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conductor_(transportation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_driver Mar 23 09, 5:40 AM