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Night Train to Munich (1940)

3.6 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 35min
Not released
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Synopsis:
After the Germans march into Prague, Czechoslovakia, armor-plating inventor Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt) flees to England. His daughter Anna (Margaret Lockwood) escapes from arrest to join him, but the Gestapo manages to kidnap them both back to Berlin. As war looms, British Secret Service Agent Gus Bennett (Sir Rex Harrison) follows, disguised as a senior German Army officer. His ploy is the not unpleasant one of pretending to woo Anna to the German cause
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Edward Black
Writers:
Gordon Wellesley, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Others:
Gordon Wellesley
Aka:
In Disguise / Night Train
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Romance, Thrillers
Collections:
A History of Cricket Films, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s, Top 10 Films About Trains: Thrillers, Top Films
BBFC:
Release Date:
Not released
Run Time:
95 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
English, Korean
DVD Regions:
Region 0 (All)
Formats:
NTSC
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
B & W

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Comedy Thriller. - Night Train to Munich review by Steve

Spoiler Alert
11/04/2023

One of the best loved British films of the forties, and a classic train thriller. In the last days of peace before WWII, songwriter/spy Rex Harrison must rescue a brilliant Czech metallurgist from the Nazis, while sparring with his attractive daughter (Margaret Lockwood), as they escape to freedom on the German rail network.

This is a sort of sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938), because it features the popular Englishmen abroad, Charters and Caldicott (Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne), who are in great form, and rather touchingly still catching trains through middle Europe with the continent about to go up in flames.

And both films are comedy thrillers written by Launder and Gilliat. The similarities between the two films emphasise that Carol Reed isn't quite the equal of Hitch, at least in this genre. But then, who is? It is still a fabulous entertainment with some classic lines and a drop dead climax on the last cable car into Switzerland.

How helpful of the Nazis to employ such a duffer as ticket collector on a crucial thoroughfare to freedom! Perhaps it's personal preference, but arguably Rex is a little too pleased with himself to be sympathetic. But the film sends that up. And it's a shock to see Paul Henreid in the Gestapo... But these are quibbles! This is the great British spy thriller of the war years.

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