MAN WHO WATCHED TRAINS GO BY - BLU

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• Release Year: 1952
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Mild-mannered bookkeeper Kees Popinga lives a mundane life and dreams about the places he can go on the trains that travel through his hometown of Groningen, Holland. But when a French police detective shows up at his firm to inspect the books, Popinga’s unremarkable existence is instantly altered, and he soon finds himself on the way to Paris with a suitcase of cash, on the run from the law and entranced by a strange and beautiful woman.; ; Based on the 1938 novel by Georges Simenon—the author who created fictional sleuth Jules Maigret, and whose books like The Man on the Eiffel Tower and The Brothers Rico were also adapted for the big screen—The Man Who Watched Trains Go By casts beloved Warner Bros. character actor Claude Rains (Mr. Skeffington) as the meek Popinga. The supporting cast includes Herbert Lom, Marta Toren and Anouk Aimee… with appearances by such solid British veterans as Felix Aylmer, Marius Goring, Lucie Mannheim and Ferdy Mayne.; ; This taut and suspenseful classic, shot in Technicolor, also benefits from beautiful location shooting in both the Netherlands and 'The City of Light.'
• Cast: Claude Rains, Marius Goring, Märta Torén, Ferdy Mayne, Herbert Lom, Lucie Mannheim, Anouk Aimée, Eric Pohlmann, Felix Aylmer, Gibb McLaughlin, Michael Nightingale, Robin Alalouf, Joan St. Clair, Michael Alain, Jean Deveaux, Roy Purcell, Harold French
• Director: Harold French
• Runtime: 1:20
• Company: ClassicFlix
• Media Format: Movie