A person who had usurped the identity of a famous writer of detective stories was killed in the train. Why and by whom?
Acting
Renée Saint-Cyr's glacial composure hides volumes.
Direction
Daquin turns cramped train cars into pressure cookers.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp you could cut yourself on the subtext.
Director
Louis Daquin
Renée Saint-Cyr
Clarisse Coquet
Henri Guisol
Armand Le Noir
Pierre Renoir
Charles de Bruine
Michel Vitold
Nazarian
Raymond Bussières
Griset
Alexandre Rignault
Avril
Marguerite Pierry
Mademoiselle Malvina
Lucien Gallas
Léopold
Léonce Corne
Pincet
Guy Decomble
Gabrielle Fontan
Le Noir's concierge
Richard Francœur
Commissioner
Paul Frankeur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Occupation, this locked-train mystery subtly critiques collaboration and stolen identities — very French, very loaded.
Pierre Renoir, playing the doomed impostor, was Jean Renoir's brother — cinema royalty slumming in genre fare.
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