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The Train (1964)

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Release Date
Oct 29, 1964 (Italy)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 23, 1999

Budget $5,800,000

Running Time
2 hours, 13 minutes

Country USA, France, Italy

Studio Dear Films, Films Ariane, United Artists

More info on IMDb.com

Other Titles
• The Train
• John Frankenheimer's The Train (1965)
• Der Zug (1964)
• Il Treno



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Genre: Thriller, War, World War II, True Story, Suspense, Thieves

Tagline: It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

Plot: The duo of director John Frankenheimer and actor Burt Lancaster again join forces with the latter starring as French railway inspector Labiche. With Allied forces closing in on occupied Paris, Herman Goering orders Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) to move the priceless art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to Germany by train. The museum's curator, Mme. Villard (Suzanne Flon) tries to cajole Labiche into stopping the art train, but he's far more concerned with blowing up a German armaments train. Meanwhile, Papa Boule (Michel Simon), an aged railwayman, uses the distraction of the Allied bombing of a nearby munitions train to burn out the engines of the train carrying the art, and is killed by the Nazis for his efforts. Hotelkeeper Christine (Jeanne Moreau), has managed to persuade Labiche of the importance of the art, and when the livid Waldheim orders him to drive the treasure-bearing train, he's formulated a plan to foil the Nazi theft. He fabricates a series of interlocking ruses which lead the Germans to believe that the train has crossed into Germany, when, in reality, it's simply going in circles around Paris. Lancaster leads an exceptional cast in this engrossing film, based on a true story. Michel Simon is especially memorable, as is the gritty, minimally-lit black

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 Directed by
John Frankenheimer
Ronin, The Manchurian Candidate, Reindeer Games
Arthur Penn
Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man, The Miracle Worker
 Written by
Franklin Coen
This Island Earth, Alvarez Kelly
 Cast
Burt Lancaster
Field of Dreams, From Here to Eternity, Local Hero
Paul Scofield
Quiz Show, Hamlet, The Crucible
Jeanne Moreau
Nikita, Ever After, Jules and Jim
Suzanne Flon
The Trial, Merry Christmas, Enfants du marais, Les
Michel Simon
The Passion of Joan of Arc, Atalante, L', Es geschah am hellichten Tag
Wolfgang Preiss
A Bridge Too Far, The Boys from Brazil, Von Ryan's Express
Albert Rémy
The 400 Blows, Children of Paradise, Shoot the Pianist
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 Music By
Maurice Jarre
Dead Poets Society, Lawrence of Arabia, Ghost



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