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The Train (1965)

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John Frankenheimer directs Burt Lancaster in the tense spy thriller The Train. Lancaster plays Labiche, a French railway inspector. Allied forces are threatening to liberate Paris, so Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) is ordered to move the priceless works of art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to the fatherland. The head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) attempts to convince Labiche that he should sabotage the train on which they are transporting the art. Labiche is more focused on destroying a

May 15, 2001

United Artists

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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)

For a film with such an illogical premise, The Train manages to be a top-rate WWII thriller that's held up well.

October 3, 2011 Full Review Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Comment

A landmark picture in terms of its breakneck, antic, physical ambition--the marriage of that hell to the heaven of its gravitas something that marks Frankenheimer's best films.

March 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

Plays as a homage to the French Resistance.

January 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Classic Frankenheimer WWII actioner with unique plot.

November 30, 2006 Comment
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

How do you weigh the cultural heritage of a nation against the value of human life? A wholly persuasive, intelligent thiller crisply directed by Frankenheimer.

November 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | Comment
Decent Films Guide
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A screaming pile of awesomeness. Gritty, action packed and full of machismo.Possibly the best train movie ever. Suggested double feature: Von Ryan's Express.

April 19, 2007
kenstachnik

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Don't you just love the way Burt Lancaster always plays Burt Lancaster, no matter the circumstance, the setting or even the nationality of the character? What would be a detriment to most other actors seems to only strengthen his popularity. Here, in this classic WWII drama, Lancaster is a "FRENCH" engineer

January 13, 2009
flixsterman
Randy Tippy

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