Night Train to Munich (Gestapo) (1940)
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92% of critics liked it
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74% of users liked it
(784 ratings)
Rex Harrison astonished his fans by donning a Nazi uniform in the British suspenser Night Train (originally titled Night Train to Munich). Actually he's a British agent, working undercover to rescue a Czech inventor from the Gestapo. The inventor's daughter (Margaret Lockwood) becomes the… More Rex Harrison astonished his fans by donning a Nazi uniform in the British suspenser Night Train (originally titled Night Train to Munich). Actually he's a British agent, working undercover to rescue a Czech inventor from the Gestapo. The inventor's daughter (Margaret Lockwood) becomes the unwitting pawn of a genuine Nazi (Paul von Hernreid, just before he became Paul Henreid) during a long train ride from Germany to France and back again. Director Carol Reed never denied that his inspiration for Night Train was Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (both films were written by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat). The homage was solidified by the presence in Night Train of two carryovers from the Hitchcock film: those ardent British cricket fans Charters and Caldicott (Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne). Night Train was liberally adapted from the Gordon Wellesley novel Report on a Fugitive. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Carol Reed
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 31, 1940 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Yarn is not only told without a single letdown, but it actually continues to pile up suspense to a nerve-clutching pitch.
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
The cast and script are fine, but Reed fatally lacks Hitchcock's light, witty touch and his effortless ability to create suspense out of ordinary circumstances.
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Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide
Takes awhile to catch fire. It's always engaging, though, and builds by stages to a riveting climax at the Swiss border that would have done the Master of Suspense proud.
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Sean Axmaker, Parallax View
What is does offer is a mix of wit and wiles, a genuinely startling sequence in a concentration camp... and sprightly performance by Rex Harrison...
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James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
testament to the skillful manner in which British filmmakers were able to produce entertaining yarns during increasingly dark times
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Cast
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Margaret Lockwood
as Anna Bomasch
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Rex Harrison
as Gus Bennett
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Paul Henreid
as Karl Marsen
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Basil Radford
as Charters
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Naunton Wayne
as Caldicott
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Felix Aylmer
as Dr. John Fredericks
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James Harcourt
as Axel Bomasch
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Wyndham Goldie
as Dryton
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Roland Culver
as Roberts
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Eliot Makeham
as Schwab
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Raymond Huntley
as Kampenfeldt
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C.V. France
as Adm. Hassinger
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Austin Trevor
as Capt. Prada
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Kenneth Kent
as Controller
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Morland Graham
as Attendant
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Ian Fleming
as Brit. Intelligence Official
- Irene Handl
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David Horne
as Czech Armament Co. Official
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Albert Lieven
as Concentration Camp Officer
- G.H. Mulcaster
- Charles Oliver
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Wally Patch
as Pier Fisherman
- John H. Roberts
- Torin Thatcher
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Frederick [Fritz] Valk
as Gestapo Officer
- Wilfred Walter
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John Wengraf
as Concentration Camp Doctor
- Bill Russell
- Pat Williams
- Pardoe Woodman
- Winifred Oughton
- Maurice Ostrer
