Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Aug 31, 1940 Wide
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Rex Harrison astonished his fans by donning a Nazi uniform in the British suspenser Night Train (originally titled Night Train to Munich). Actually he's a British agent, working undercover to rescue a Czech inventor from the Gestapo. The inventor's daughter (Margaret Lockwood) becomes the unwitting pawn of a genuine Nazi (Paul von Hernreid, just before he became Paul Henreid) during a long train ride from Germany to France and back again. Director Carol Reed never denied that his inspiration for
Aug 31, 1940 Wide
Jun 29, 2010
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Takes awhile to catch fire. It's always engaging, though, and builds by stages to a riveting climax at the Swiss border that would have done the Master of Suspense proud.
What is does offer is a mix of wit and wiles, a genuinely startling sequence in a concentration camp... and sprightly performance by Rex Harrison...
testament to the skillful manner in which British filmmakers were able to produce entertaining yarns during increasingly dark times
A cracking good story with no pretenses at anything other than pure entertainment and some mild rabble-rousing about the Nazi menace.
Come for Carol Reed's name, stay for Rex Harrison's performance and a few good cheap shots at the Nazis.
Very cogently a follow-up to the scoop of The Lady Vanishes
One of the finest spy films ever.
The cast and script are fine, but Reed fatally lacks Hitchcock's light, witty touch and his effortless ability to create suspense out of ordinary circumstances.
Superb thriller in the Hitchcock mode.
A good mix of comedy and adventure.
Reed's direction lacks the light touch, but he makes good use of the train, and there's an exciting climax set in a cable car.
A bit methodical in its presentation but still a classic rendering of intrigue and high drama. Rex Harrison and Paul Henreid are superb!
February 4, 2009
Super Reviewer
Night Train to Munich has its moments but its generally pretty dull. Margaret Lockwood helped keep me interested but outside of the nifty miniature-based finale, the comic relief and the irony of seeing Victor Laszlo play a Nazi, I wasn't exactly enthralled. Night Train to Munich isn't exactly awful but I can't for the
April 17, 2007Super Reviewer
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