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Writers:
Émile Zola (novel)
Malcolm McKay (writer)
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A sordid story of sexual passion, sexual crimes, and murder, set among the staff of an English railway line in 1940-41. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Confusing and Sordid more (1 total)

Cast

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David Suchet ... Ruben Roberts

Saskia Reeves ... Selina Roberts
Adrian Dunbar ... Jack Dando
Alec McCowen ... Supt. Fish
Jonathan Moore ... Sgt. Handy
Richard Ridings ... Percy Cotton
Melanie Hill ... Phyllis Pratt
Vivienne Burgess ... Mrs. Liddle
Gerard Horan ... Colin Caine

Minnie Driver ... Flora Mussell
Bryan Pringle ... Maurice Mussell
Sheila Reid ... Vera Mussell
Patrick Godfrey ... Davidson (station master)
Steven Crossley ... John Muster
Paul McKay ... Henry Holloway
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UK:100 min
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Confusing and Sordid, 18 October 2002
5/10
Author: dromasca from Herzlya, Israel

British TV dramas are sometimes pearls - good acting, psychological depth, ambiguous British morality combined not only once in strikingly good films, worth watching and more.

This is not the case with 'Cruel Train'. An adaptation of an Emile Zola novel, located in 1940 UK at war, this movie cannot decide what path to take - dark drama or detective story. The pace is too fast, too many things happen for a 90 minutes TV space, and characters do not have time to build credibility or to let us understand what is their motivation. Acting is not that good as we are used in other BBC dramas, and overall I remained with a bad taste after watching this brutal and sordid story.

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