The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (Original title)Paris Express (Alternative title)
Date: 26 January 1953 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Harold French
Synopsis: Story of a meek much-married Dutchman who yields to sudden temptation and has a gay time in Paris on misappropriated funds, but ends up on a railway track, an attempted suicide.
Genre: Crime
Releases
Date: 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Length: 7218 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - July 2003: no known title]Language: English
In: Classic Images n112 October 1984 Pages: 9-10
Title: [Classic Images - n112 October 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v191 n11 13 Jun 1953 Page: 1869
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v191 n11 13 Jun 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n228 January 1953 Page: 10
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n228 January 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v103 n118 18 Jun 1953 Page: 7
Title: [The Film Daily - v103 n118 18 Jun 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2372 11 Dec 1952 Page: 20
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2372 11 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v79 n6647 4 Dec 1952 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6647 4 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v78 n6478 7 Apr 1952 Page: 9
Title: [Today's Cinema - v78 n6478 7 Apr 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 31 Dec 1952
Title: [Variety - 31 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7010 FeetBFI identifier: C-101082
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1289190
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(8)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7010 FeetBFI identifier: C-101082
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Cyan PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 05.0872 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101079
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Cyan Separation PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7093 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101085
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Magenta PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101078
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Magenta Separation PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7083 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101084
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: Mainly safetySound: SoundLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101080
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Yellow PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7092 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101083
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101081
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 26 January 1953 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Harold French
Synopsis: Story of a meek much-married Dutchman who yields to sudden temptation and has a gay time in Paris on misappropriated funds, but ends up on a railway track, an attempted suicide.
Genre: Crime
Releases
Date: 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Length: 7218 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(47)
Production Company: Raymond Stross Productions, In association with: Inc. Josef Shaftel Productions, Producer: Raymond Stross, [Produced by - US Version]: Josef Shaftel, [Associate Producer - US Version]: David Berman, Production Manager: Ernest Holding, Location Manager: Teddy Joseph, [Production Secretary]: Doris Prince, Assistant Director: Adrian Pryce-Jones, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Alec Gibb, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Buddy Booth, [Continuity]: Anne Deeley, Screenplay: Harold French, From the novel by: Georges Simenon, Director of Photography: Otto Heller, Technicolor Colour Consultant: Joan Bridge, Camera Operator: Gus Drisse, [Focus Puller]: Stanley W. Sayer, [Clapper Loader]: John Winbolt, Freddie Cooper, [Stills]: Eric Gray, [Supervising Editor - US Version]: Arthur Nadel, Editor: Vera Campbell, Assembling Editor: Peter Hunt, [Assistant Editor]: Teddy Obolensky, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Alf Chapman, Art Director: Paul Sherriff, Assistant Art Director: Elven Webb, [Set Dresser]: Jack Stephens, [Scenic Artist]: Fred Mannin, [Property buyer]: Harry Parr, Miss Toren's Costumes by: Mattli, [Wardrobe Mistress]: Olive Swinney, Make-up: Stuart Freeborn, Hairdressing: Ida Mills, Music Composed and Conducted by: Benjamin Frankel, Sound Recordist: W. Lindop, [Location Sound Recordist]: Charles Knott, [Sound Camera Operator]: Harry Raynham, [Boom Operator]: Fred Ryan, [Location Boom Operator]: David Hildyard, [Sound Maintenance]: Charles Earl, Sound Editor: Len Trumm, [Publicity Director]: Constance Sykes, [Unit Publicist]: George Mason, Studio: Nettlefold Studios (Walton-on-Thames)
Cast
(18)
Claude Rains (Kees Popinga), Marta Toren (Michele), Marius Goring (Lucas), Anouk (Jeanne), Herbert Lom (Julius de Koster Jr), Lucie Mannheim (Mrs Popinga), Felix Aylmer (Merkemans), Ferdy Mayne (Louis), Eric Pohlmann (Goin), Michael Nightingale (clerk), Gibb McLaughlin (Julius de Koster Sr), Joan St. Clair (Frida Popinga), Robin Alalouf (Karl Popinga), Michael Alain (train conductor), Jean Deveaux (train official), Roy Purcell (plainclothesman), MacDonald Parke (American businessman), Mary Mackenzie (Mrs Lucas)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(9)
In: National Film Theatre Programmes July 2003 Page: 19Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - July 2003: no known title]Language: English
In: Classic Images n112 October 1984 Pages: 9-10
Title: [Classic Images - n112 October 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v191 n11 13 Jun 1953 Page: 1869
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v191 n11 13 Jun 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n228 January 1953 Page: 10
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n228 January 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v103 n118 18 Jun 1953 Page: 7
Title: [The Film Daily - v103 n118 18 Jun 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2372 11 Dec 1952 Page: 20
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2372 11 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v79 n6647 4 Dec 1952 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6647 4 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v78 n6478 7 Apr 1952 Page: 9
Title: [Today's Cinema - v78 n6478 7 Apr 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 31 Dec 1952
Title: [Variety - 31 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7010 FeetBFI identifier: C-101082
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1289190
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(8)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7010 FeetBFI identifier: C-101082
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Cyan PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 05.0872 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101079
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Cyan Separation PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7093 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101085
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Magenta PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101078
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Magenta Separation PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7083 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101084
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: Mainly safetySound: SoundLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101080
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Yellow PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7092 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101083
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-101081
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status