The Train (1965)
- Starring:
- Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Frankenheimer
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Train
John Frankenheimer directs Burt Lancaster in the tense spy thriller The Train. Lancaster plays Labiche, a French railway inspector. Allied forces are threatening to liberate Paris, so Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) is ordered to move the priceless works of art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to the fatherland. The head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) attempts to convince Labiche that he should sabotage the train on which they are transporting the art. Labiche is more focused on destroying a trainload of German weapons. After his friend is killed trying to stop the train with the art, and after a consciousness-raising conversation with a hotel owner (Jeanne Moreau), Labiche resolves to save the antiquities. Lancaster and Frankenheimer had worked together previously on both Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 133 mins
Complete Cast of The Train
- Burt Lancaster - Labiche
- Jeanne Moreau - Christine
- Suzanne Flon - Mlle. Villard
- Charles Millot - Pesquet
- Roger Lumont - Engineer Officer
- Richard Münch - Gen. von Lubitz
- Jean-Jacques Lecomte - Lieutenant of Retreating Convoy
- Albert Remy - Didont
- Bernard Lajarrige - Bernard
- Paul Bonifas - Spinet
- Richard Bailey - Sgt. Grote
- Jacques Marin - Stationmaster
- Paul Scofield - Col. von Waldheim
- Michel Simon - Papa Boule
- Wolfgang Preiss - Maj. Herren
- Helmo Kinderman - Ordnance Officer
- Arthur Brauss - Pilzer
- Gerard Buhr - Corporal
- Louis Falavigna - Railroad Worker
- Jean-Pierre Zola - Octave
- Howard Vernon - Capt. Dietrich
- Jean-Claude Bercq - Major, retreating company
- Daniel Lecourtois - Priest
- Donal O'Brien - Schwartz
- Director(s):
- John Frankenheimer
- Writer(s):
- Albert Husson, Walter Bernstein, Franklin Coen
- Producer(s):
- Jules Bricken
- Categories:
- War
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