The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

June. 05,1953      NR
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A meek teller thinks he's killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress.

Claude Rains as  Kees Popinga
Marius Goring as  Inspector Lucas
Märta Torén as  Michele Rozier
Ferdy Mayne as  Louis
Herbert Lom as  Julius de Koster, Jr.
Lucie Mannheim as  Maria Popinga
Anouk Aimée as  Jeanne
Felix Aylmer as  Merkemans
Eric Pohlmann as  Goin
Michael Nightingale as  Clerk

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Reviews

Micitype
1953/06/05

Pretty Good

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Exoticalot
1953/06/06

People are voting emotionally.

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Pluskylang
1953/06/07

Great Film overall

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Rosie Searle
1953/06/08

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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