The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
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| The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harold French |
| Produced by | David Berman Joseph Shaftel Raymond Stross |
| Written by | Georges Simenon (novel) Paul Jerrico Harold French |
| Starring | Claude Rains Marius Goring Marta Toren |
| Music by | Benjamin Frankel |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller |
| Editing by | Vera Campbell Arthur H. Nadel |
| Distributed by | Eros Films (UK) MacDonald Pictures (USA) |
| Release date(s) | December 1952 |
| Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By is a crime drama film, released in the United Kingdom in 1952. The film featured an all-European cast, with Claude Rains playing the lead role. Rains plays the role of Kees Popinga, who is infatuated with a Parisian girl Michele Rozier (Marta Toren). The film was released in the United States in 1953 under the title The Paris Express. It was directed by Harold French and based on the novel by Georges Simenon. This was Rains' seventh film in color, his first being Gold Is Where You Find It (1938).
[edit] Cast
- Claude Rains as Kees Popinga
- Marius Goring as Lucas
- Märta Torén as Michele Rozier
- Ferdy Mayne as Louis
- Herbert Lom as Julius de Koster, Jr.
- Lucie Mannheim as Maria Popinga
- Anouk Aimée as Jeanne
- Eric Pohlmann as Goin
- Felix Aylmer as Mr. Merkemans
- Gibb McLaughlin as Julius de Koster, Sr.
- Michael Nightingale as Popinga's Clerk
