

In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt becomes involved in a Nazi assassination plot.
Cinematography
Real bombed-out Frankfurt locations — noir as documentary.
Direction
Tourneur squeezes dread from every train compartment.

Director
Jacques Tourneur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely on location in occupied Germany mere months after the war's end — those ruins aren't sets, they're fresh wounds.
Robert Ryan spoke fluent French throughout but was dubbed for German; Merle Oberon's 'French' accent was actually her real upbringing.