Thomas & Friends: Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories (1999)

Thomas & Friends: Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories (1999), directed by David Mitton, starring Alec Baldwin.

02/02/1999 BR Family 30m

PEEP! PEEP!

Synopsis

Cranky the Crane gives little engines Thomas and Percy a lot of grief in the title story. To make matters worse, big engines Gordon and James side with the ill-tempered lifter and the little guys get nervous and begin making mistakes on the job. They redeem themselves, however, when Cranky topples in a storm and Thomas and his buddy put him back upright. Other stories feature twin engines Bill and Ben having "teething troubles," Toad the brake van's forward-thinking ambition, grumpy Gordon crashing through a station wall, and storyteller Alec Baldwin adopting a falsetto as Lady Hatt, Sir Topham Hatt's wife and birthday girl. In lieu of a seventh story, a chorus of kids sings "Night Train" while the model trains steam through darkness in a series of dramatic scenarios.

• David MittonDirector, Producer, Writer
• Britt AllcroftProducer, Writer
• Andrew BrennerStory
• David MaidmentStory