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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952)
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5 June 1953 (USA)
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A Non-Stop Suspense Thriller
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Meak head clerk Kees Popinga realises at the same time as the police that owner De Koster has stripped...
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A worthy Claude Rains film
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Claude Rains | ... | Kees Popinga |
 | Marius Goring | ... | Lucas |
| Märta Torén | ... | Michele Rozier |
| Ferdy Mayne | ... | Louis |
 | Herbert Lom | ... | Julius de Koster, Jr. |
| Lucie Mannheim | ... | Maria Popinga |
 | Anouk Aimée | ... | Jeanne, the prostitute (as Anouk) |
 | Eric Pohlmann | ... | Goin |
| Felix Aylmer | ... | Mr. Merkemans |
| Gibb McLaughlin | ... | Julius de Koster, Sr |
| Michael Nightingale | ... | Popinga's Clerk |
| Robin Alalouf | ... | Karl Popinga |
| Joan St. Clair | ... | Frida Popinga |
| Michael Alain | ... | Dutch Train Conductor |
| Jean Deveaux | ... | French Train Conductor |
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The Paris Express (USA)
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82 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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First Cinema film of Michael Nightingale.
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It was a surprise to see this title on the shelves at the local video store: although Claude Rains is one of my favourite actors, and this film features other fine actors such as Herbert Lom, Marius Goring and Felix Aylmer, the story line didn't seem to be the usual fare rewarded with a video release. And indeed it is the story that both fascinated me and left me flat at the end.
Rains' meek company clerk is nicely judged; cunning but not worldly-wise, and seduced by the lights of Paris, in contrast to his small home town. The contrast, though, is poorly made - Rains' clerk suit looks perfect throughout, even at Maxims - and we don't see a return to family or their reaction to his plight. Even so, the story's unfolding was interesting enough to keep me watching, (as well as for the technicolor exterior shots of Paris in the early 50's).