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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

5,9 /10 (24 Votes)
1952 EN 82 min

Overview

A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.

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Release date

01/12/1952

Votes

24

Popularity

1.1

A Non-Stop Suspense Thriller

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

82 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-09-09

⭐ 6

Claude Rains ("Mr. Popinga") discovers that his boss (Herbert Lom) has been fiddling the books, and so bankrupting his company - so he can abscond to Paris with his fancy woman. When he catches his employer in the act of burning his ledgers, the two have a contretemps near a canal that has tragic results. Instead of Lom, it is Rains who heads to Paris where he meets the aforementioned lady (the glamorous, but wooden, Märta Torén), and her rather unpleasant friends - including the real love of her life "Louis" (Ferdy Mayne) - who want the money he brought with him from Holland, and which he has…

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