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
Merle Oberon
Lucienne
Robert Ryan
Robert Lindley
Charles Korvin
Perrot
Paul Lukas
Dr. Bernhardt
Robert Coote
Sterling
Reinhold Schünzel
Walther
Roman Toporow
Maxim Kiroshilov
Peter von Zerneck
Hans Schmidt
Otto Waldis
Kessler
Fritz Kortner
Franzen
Tom Keene
Major
Charles McGraw
Colonel Johns
Gene Evans
Train Sergeant
Fernanda Eliscu
German Woman
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.
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