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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By( 1952)

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A Non-Stop Suspense Thriller

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Claude Rains

      Kees Popinga

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      Marius Goring

      Inspector Lucas

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      Märta Torén

      Michele Rozier

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      Anouk Aimée

      Jeanne

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      Herbert Lom

      Julius de Koster, Jr.

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      Lucie Mannheim

      Maria Popinga

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      Felix Aylmer

      Merkemans

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      Ferdy Mayne

      Louis

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      Eric Pohlmann

      Goin

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      Michael Nightingale

      Clerk

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      Gibb McLaughlin

      Julius de Koster Snr.

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      Joan St. Clair

      Frida Popinga

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      Robin Alalouf

      Karl Popinga

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      Michael Alain

      Train Conductor

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      Jean Deveaux

      Train Official

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      Roy Purcell

      Pierre

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      MacDonald Parke

      American Businessman

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      Mary Mackenzie

      Madame Lucas

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      Louis Matto

      Joie de Vivre Barman (uncredited)

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      Arthur Mallard

      (Uncredited)

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      Pat Ryan

      Joie de Vivre Patron (uncredited)

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      Charles Wood

      Chess Player (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Sep 09 2022
    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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • british noir