Night Train (I) (2009)

Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they wish to keep for themselves. ... See full summary »

Director:

Brian King

Writer:

Brian King

Stars:

Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danny Glover	...	Miles
Leelee Sobieski	...	Chloe
Steve Zahn	...	Pete
Matthias Schweighöfer	...	Frankie (as Matthias Schweighoefer)
Takatsuna Mukai	...	Hiro
Togo Igawa	...	Yamashita
Richard O'Brien	...	Mrs. Froy
Jo Marr	...	Mr. Cairo
Constantine Gregory	...	Mr. Gutman
Harry Anichkin	...	Walter
Geoff Bell	...	Detective
Luca Bercovici	...	Man
Marianne Stanicheva	...	Woman (as Mariana Stanisheva)
Dessi Morales	...	Nurse (as Desislava Nikolova-Morales)
Yana Atanasova Popova	...	Little Girl

Storyline

Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they wish to keep for themselves. So, to make it look like the man never boarded the train, they conspire to dump his body in a river that the train passes. Their scheme to get rid of the corpse escalates to the point where they have to chop up his body just to fit him into a small trunk. They then become paranoid, as they might turn on each other.

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Plot Keywords:

train | conductor | corpse | trunk | cut arm | 

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Taglines:

Greed has its price.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violent content and some language

Details

Country:

USA Germany Romania

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 April 2009 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Foniki diadromi

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

A-Mark Entertainment, Film Tiger, Instinctive Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character names of Gutman (Constantine Gregory) and Cairo (Jo Marr) are direct homages to those played by Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon.

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Goofs

The Christmas package holding the box moves between scenes. When Steve Zahn first removes the box the package is on the floor, the camera switches to a long shot, we see the package back on the man's lap and so forth throughout the scene of everyone picking up and looking into the box.

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Quotes

Miles: Put down that knife!
Chloe: It's a meat cleaver.

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Connections

References The Lady Vanishes (1938)

User Reviews

Quirky

" Night Train" is a quirky and hard to define movie, but nevertheless an enjoyable experience. Its seems to be a dedication to the golden oldies of the 1940's, the era of Peter Lorre , Sidney Greenstreet and other amazing character actors that all but disappeared these days. The plot is a strange mix of thriller, comedy ,slasher and even religious metaphor about greed. And, unfortunately it is where some of its troubles begun. The talented director seems to hop from one genre to another like a confused fly. It adds to a certain level of frustration in this little irritated albeit good natured viewer. To sum it up: I'll rather have a bit troubled effort than stale and predictable rubbish.