Film

The Train

1964 · 2h 13m · War · Thriller

It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Metacritic

80

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.

Burt Lancaster

Paul Labiche

Paul Scofield

von Waldheim

Jeanne Moreau

Christine

Suzanne Flon

Mademoiselle Villard

Michel Simon

Papa Boul

Wolfgang Preiss

Maj. Herren

Albert Rémy

Didont

Charles Millot

Pesquet

Richard Münch

General von Lubitz

Jean-Pierre Zola

Octave

Jacques Marin

Jacques

Paul Bonifas

Spinet

Jean Bouchaud

Schmidt

Donald O'Brien

Schwartz

Arthur Brauss

Pilzer

Jean-Claude Bercq

Major

• John FrankenheimerDirector
• Franklin CoenScreenplay
• Frank DavisScreenplay
• Walter BernsteinScreenplay
• Albert HussonScreenplay
• Nedrick YoungScreenplay
• Howard DimsdaleScreenplay
• Rose VallandNovel
• Jules BrickenProducer
• Jean TournierDirector of Photography

The Train (1964) Original Trailer [HD]

Release date

September 24, 1964

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

NR

Budget

$5,800,000

Revenue

$6,800,000

Genres

War, Thriller

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