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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

- A Non-Stop Suspense Thriller

A meek teller thinks he's killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress.

Release Date : 1952-12-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Josef Shaftel ProductionsRaymond Stross Productions

Production Country : United States of AmericaUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Paris Express

Cast

Claude Rains

Character Name : Kees Popinga

Original Name : Claude Rains

Gender : Male

Marius Goring

Character Name : Inspector Lucas

Original Name : Marius Goring

Gender : Male

Märta Torén

Character Name : Michele Rozier

Original Name : Märta Torén

Gender : Female

Anouk Aimée

Character Name : Jeanne

Original Name : Anouk Aimée

Gender : Female

Herbert Lom

Character Name : Julius de Koster, Jr.

Original Name : Herbert Lom

Gender : Male

Lucie Mannheim

Character Name : Maria Popinga

Original Name : Lucie Mannheim

Gender : Female

Felix Aylmer

Character Name : Merkemans

Original Name : Felix Aylmer

Gender : Male

Ferdy Mayne

Character Name : Louis

Original Name : Ferdy Mayne

Gender : Male

Eric Pohlmann

Character Name : Goin

Original Name : Eric Pohlmann

Gender : Male

Michael Nightingale

Character Name : Clerk

Original Name : Michael Nightingale

Gender : Male

Gibb McLaughlin

Character Name : Julius de Koster Snr.

Original Name : Gibb McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Joan St. Clair

Character Name : Frida Popinga

Original Name : Joan St. Clair

Gender : Male

Robin Alalouf

Character Name : Karl Popinga

Original Name : Robin Alalouf

Gender : Male

Michael Alain

Character Name : Train Conductor

Original Name : Michael Alain

Gender : Male

Jean Deveaux

Character Name : Train Official

Original Name : Jean Deveaux

Gender : Male

Roy Purcell

Character Name : Pierre

Original Name : Roy Purcell

Gender : Male

MacDonald Parke

Character Name : American Businessman

Original Name : MacDonald Parke

Gender : Male

Mary Mackenzie

Character Name : Madame Lucas

Original Name : Mary Mackenzie

Gender : Female

Louis Matto

Character Name : Joie de Vivre Barman (uncredited)

Original Name : Louis Matto

Gender : Male

Arthur Mallard

Character Name : (Uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Mallard

Gender : Male

Pat Ryan

Character Name : Joie de Vivre Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Ryan

Gender : Male

Charles Wood

Character Name : Chess Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Wood

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-09

Claude Rains ("Mr. Popinga") discovers that his boss (Herbert Lom) has been fiddling the books, and so bankrupting his company - so he can abscond to Paris with his fancy woman. When he catches his employer in the act of burning his ledgers, the two have a contretemps near a canal that has tragic results. Instead of Lom, it is Rains who heads to Paris where he meets the aforementioned lady (the glamorous, but wooden, Märta Torén), and her rather unpleasant friends - including the real love of her life "Louis" (Ferdy Mayne) - who want the money he brought with him from Holland, and which he has rather prudently hidden. All of this has not gone unnoticed by "Lucas" (Marius Goring) who was already investigating some curious currency transactions before alighting on Lom's company, and now on his suspected former chief clerk. It is quite an nice film to look at - Paris in the early 1950s was an attractive city which this photography shows off well, but the plot takes far too long to get going and though Rains is on good form as the mild mannered man whose attitudes are changed by necessity (and who finds that he has quite a taste for a life that lots of money can buy) really quite well, he receives little by way of support from anyone else - except, perhaps, Goring and the pace is just slow with no real conclusion...