The Paris Express (1953)
A Georges Simenon novel was the source for the Anglo-American The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Claude Rains stars as Kees Popinga, chief clerk for a Dutch trading company. Scrupulously honest, Popinga goes off the deep end when he discovers that his employer has been cooking the books to support a mistress. Upon learning that his boss intends to abscond from Brussels to Paris with company funds, Popinga prevents this from happening by stealing the money himself. Through a series of wild coincidences, he winds up entangled with the very woman (Marta Toren) who'd caused his boss' downfall. The Man Who Watched Trains Go By was released in the U.S. as Paris Express. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Claude Rains, Märta Torén, (more)
- Director(s):
- Harold French
Synopsis of The Paris Express
A Georges Simenon novel was the source for the Anglo-American The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Claude Rains stars as Kees Popinga, chief clerk for a Dutch trading company. Scrupulously honest, Popinga goes off the deep end when he discovers that his employer has been cooking the books to support a mistress. Upon learning that his boss intends to abscond from Brussels to Paris with company funds, Popinga prevents this from happening by stealing the money himself. Through a series of wild coincidences, he winds up entangled with the very woman (Marta Toren) who'd caused his boss' downfall. The Man Who Watched Trains Go By was released in the U.S. as Paris Express. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Paris Express
- Claude Rains - Kees Popinga
- Michael Nightingale - Clerk
- Anouk Aimée - Jeanne
- Gibb McLaughlin - Julius de Koster, Sr.
- Lucie Mannheim - Mrs. Popinga
- Eric Pohlmann - Goin
- Mary Mackenzie - Mrs. Lucas
- Märta Torén - Michele
- Marius Goring - Lucas
- Herbert Lom - Julius de Koster, Jr.
- Ferdinand "Ferdy" Mayne - Louis
- Roy Purcell - Plainclothesman
- Macdonald Parke - American Businessman
- Felix Aylmer - Merkemans
- Director(s):
- Harold French
- Writer(s):
- Harold French
- Producer(s):
- Raymond Stross, Josef Shaftel
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