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The Train
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
Not Rated
1964
2h 13m
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7.8
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In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
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Cast of The Train
Burt Lancaster
Paul Labiche
Paul Scofield
von Waldheim
Jeanne Moreau
Christine
Suzanne Flon
Mademoiselle Villard
Michel Simon
Papa Boul
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Herren
Albert Rémy
Didont
Charles Millot
Pesquet
Richard Münch
General von Libitz
Jean-Pierre Zola
Octave
Jacques Marin
Jacques
Paul Bonifas
Spinet
Jean Bouchaud
Schmidt
Donald O'Brien
Schwartz
Arthur Brauss
Pilzer
Jean-Claude Bercq
Major
Howard Vernon
Dietrich
Louis Falavigna
Railroad Worker
Richard Bailey
Grote
Christian Fuin
Robert
Helmo Kindermann
Ordnance Officer
Roger Lumont
Engineer Officer
Gérard Buhr
Corporal
Christian Rémy
Tauber
The Train Ratings & Reviews
Wall Street Journal
David Mermelstein
The movie's central moral question -- Can we justify the loss of human life to save inanimate objects? -- remains as potent as ever. And one of this film's greatest attributes is that it leaves the answer to the viewer.
Crooked Marquee
Sean Burns
A thrillingly visceral experience with a questioning, philosophical soul. This was the last studio action extravaganza to be shot in black-and-white, and the shades of gray suit the film's murky moral inquiries.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
This gripping film places a philosophical query in the context of a rousing action flick.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a promising premise that's employed to predominately underwhelming effect...
Artforum
Manny Farber
Lancaster half ruins his performance with innocent sincerity, but at that point where the script stops and Lancaster has his task before him, he sinks into it with a dense absorption.
Cleveland Press
Tony Mastroianni
Here is a movie that is melodrama about sabotage in World War II, but which looks like a documentary in its attention to detail; which has fine actors in strong portrayals but in which action and movement are more important than the acting.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
A ripping system of motion, at once streamlined spectacle and thorny moral quandary
The Dissolve
Scott Tobias
The Train is a lesson in focusing on the most essential, forward-moving elements and throwing everything else away.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
It's simple stuff -- finely wrought entertainment -- but on its own merits, it works.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Christopher Lloyd
For a film with such an illogical premise, The Train manages to be a top-rate WWII thriller that's held up well.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
A landmark picture in terms of its breakneck, antic, physical ambition--the marriage of that hell to the heaven of its gravitas something that marks Frankenheimer's best films.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Plays as a homage to the French Resistance.
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
Steve Crum
Classic Frankenheimer WWII actioner with unique plot.
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
How do you weigh the cultural heritage of a nation against the value of human life? A wholly persuasive, intelligent thiller crisply directed by Frankenheimer.
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