Release Date

24 Sep, 1964

Runtime

02:13: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

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.

Original Title

The Train

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Actors

Burt Lancaster

Paul Scofield

Jeanne Moreau

Suzanne Flon

Michel Simon

Wolfgang Preiss

Albert Rémy

Charles Millot

Richard Münch

Jean-Pierre Zola

Jacques Marin

Paul Bonifas

Jean Bouchaud

Donald O'Brien

Arthur Brauss

Jean-Claude Bercq

Howard Vernon

Louis Falavigna

Richard Bailey

Christian Fuin

Helmo Kindermann

Crew

Rose Valland

Franklin Coen

Walter Bernstein

David Bretherton

Gabriel Rongier

Albert Husson

John Frankenheimer

Jean Tournier

Willy Holt

Jules Bricken

Walter Wottitz

Maurice Jarre

Frank Davis

Georges Bouban