The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

Dec 1, 1952

1h 22m

★ 5.8

A Non-Stop Suspense Thriller

Overview

A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Josef Shaftel Productions

Raymond Stross Productions

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Cast

Kees Popinga

Claude Rains

Inspector Lucas

Marius Goring

Michele Rozier

Märta Torén

Jeanne

Anouk Aimée

Julius de Koster, Jr.

Herbert Lom

Maria Popinga

Lucie Mannheim

Merkemans

Felix Aylmer

Louis

Ferdy Mayne

Goin

Eric Pohlmann

Clerk

Michael Nightingale

Julius de Koster Snr.

Gibb McLaughlin

Frida Popinga

Joan St. Clair

François, an ordinary Joe, falls hard for the sublimely beautiful woman who has just picked him up on the train and invited him to spend the weekend with her on the Riviera. But when the lady disappears the next morning and the police drag him in for questioning, François discovers he's been set up to pass for her notorious outlaw husband on the run, Anthony Zimmer. Even though he's been lied to and manipulated, François' life is changed forever and he's ready to give anything - maybe even his life - to hold this mysterious beauty in his arms again.

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