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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By poster (U.S. title The Paris Express) |
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| 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 Märta Torén |
| 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 | UK / USA |
| Language | English |
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) is a crime drama film, released in the United Kingdom with an all-European cast, including Claude Rains in the lead role. Rains plays the role of Kees Popinga, who is infatuated with Michele Rozier (Märta Torén). 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).
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