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Carol Reed’s Night Train to Munich is a twisting, turning, cloak-and-dagger delight, combining comedy, romance, and thrills with the greatest of ease. Paced like an out-of-control locomotive, Night Train takes viewers on a journey from Prague to England to the Swiss Alps as Nazis pursue a Czech scientist and his daughter (Margaret Lockwood), who are being aided by a debonair British undercover agent, played by Rex Harrison. This captivating, long-overlooked adventure—which features Paul Henreid and a clever screenplay by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, best known for writing Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes—is a deftly concocted spy game that could give the Master of Suspense a run for his money.
Original Release
07/26/1940
US Release
12/29/1940
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Margaret Lockwood | Anna Bomasch |
Rex Harrison | Dickie Randall - a.k.a. Gus Bennett / Gus Bennett |
Paul Henreid | Karl Marsen |
Basil Radford | Charters |
Naunton Wayne | Caldicott |
James Harcourt | Axel Bomasch |
Felix Aylmer | Dr. Fredericks / Dr. John Fredericks |
Wyndham Goldie | Dryton |
Roland Culver | Roberts |
Eliot Makeham | Schwab |
Directors
Writers
Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Emily Morse
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margaret Lockwood | Anna Bomasch |
Rex Harrison | Dickie Randall - a.k.a. Gus Bennett / Gus Bennett |
Paul Henreid | Karl Marsen |
Basil Radford | Charters |
Naunton Wayne | Caldicott |
James Harcourt | Axel Bomasch |
Felix Aylmer | Dr. Fredericks / Dr. John Fredericks |
Wyndham Goldie | Dryton |
Roland Culver | Roberts |
Eliot Makeham | Schwab |
Raymond Huntley | Kampenfeldt |
Austin Trevor | Capt. Prada |
Kenneth Kent | Controller |
C.V. France | Admiral Hassinger / Adm. Hassinger |
Frederick Valk | Gestapo Officer |
Morland Graham | Teleferic Attendant |
Edward Baxter | Minor Role |
Jane Cobb | Minor Role |
Arthur Denton | Deckchair Attendant |
Ian Fleming | Official at Home Office - MI5 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Edward Black | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1942 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |