Rome Express (1932)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Walter Forde

Writers:

Sidney Gilliat (additional dialogue)
Sidney Gilliat (scenario)

Release Date:

November 1932 (UK)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Political | Spy | Railway | Train

Cast

Conrad Veidt	...	Zurta
Esther Ralston	...	Asta Marvelle
Hugh Williams	...	Tony
Donald Calthrop	...	Poole
Joan Barry	...	Mrs. Maxted
Harold Huth	...	George Grant
Gordon Harker	...	Tom Bishop
Eliot Makeham	...	Mills
Cedric Hardwicke	...	Alistair McBane
Frank Vosper	...	M. Jolif
Muriel Aked	...	Spinster
Finlay Currie	...	Sam, Publicist

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French | Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Company:

Gaumont British Picture Corporation

Trivia:

The first production at Shepherd's Bush studios.

Quotes:

Tom Bishop: Discretion is the better part of Wagons Lits.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Shepperton Babylon (2005) (TV)

They liked it so much they made a re-make!

I always liked train movies, so I bothered to watch this one, on French TV. It was also an occasion to see Conrad Veidt, a very good actor, last seen in CASABLANCA. During the watching, I suddenly remembered the name of Bonar Colleano, the British-American star of the past-war era. From IMDB, I learned that he starred in another train movie, SLEEPING CAR TO TRIESTE (1948), and, to my great amazement, I discovered that the later was a remake of the former! sixteen years after... harrycarasso, Paris