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Cruel Train (1995) (TV)
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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
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Confusing and Sordid
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Version of La bestia humana (1957)
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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.