The Train

From the Editors

Paris, August 1944. With the Allied army closing in, German commander and art fanatic Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche (Burt Lancaster), a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost. Calling upon his vast arsenal of skills, Labiche unleashes a torrent of devastation anddestructionloosened rails, shattered tracks and head-on collisionsin an impassioned, suspense-filled quest for justice, retribution and revenge. Inspired by an actual event and highlighted by spectacular stuntwork and visual effects, The Train is "an edge-of-your-seat, thrilling, suspenseful and superior film" (The Motion Picture Guide).
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Just one of the best movies of ww II
For a black and white it was one of the best movies of WW II.

Great movie
Classic film, good action, great story. Even if you don't like war films try it.

Fooling the Nazis to save French art treasures
This is a wonderful movie which pits the efforts of the French underground against a Nazi plot to ship a trainful of paintings back to Germany. A reluctant Maquisard (played by Burt Lancaster) eventually hatches a plan to prevent the paintings from disappearing into the Third Reich.

Black and white really works for this film. The visuals are great and some of the scenes are priceless. If you like war movies you'll love this one.

The Train
A good action suspense film of the French Underground in WWII. Burt was the right actor for main hero

Top Notch War Flic and Great Train Scenes
What a great flic. As a train buff I thoroughly enjoyed the central character, to me anyway, that being the train. Lots of action shots of that great steamer moving along. The cast of Lancaster and Scofield fit their parts perfectly. A great story with lots of suspense. In my top twenty-five films of all time.

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