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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 80/100. Scores higher than 84% of the 116 1960s war movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
392 audience votes
Key crew
- John FrankenheimerDirector
- Walter BernsteinScreenplay
- Albert HussonScreenplay
- Franklin CoenScreenplay
- Frank DavisScreenplay
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
- Nedrick YoungScreenplay
- Howard DimsdaleScreenplay
Cast
- Burt LancasterPaul Labiche
- Paul Scofieldvon Waldheim
- Jeanne MoreauChristine
- Suzanne FlonMademoiselle Villard
- Michel SimonPapa Boul
- Wolfgang PreissMaj. Herren
- Albert RémyDidont
- Charles MillotPesquet
- Richard MünchGeneral von Lubitz
- Jean-Pierre ZolaOctave
- Jacques MarinJacques
- Paul BonifasSpinet
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1970
Shares: War Drama · Military · 1970s
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1964
The Train is #15 of 60
