Paris, August 1944. With the Allied army closing in, German commander and art fanatic ... more
Colonel Von Waldheim steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. But when a beloved French patriot is murdered whi...
Tommy Gander, a concert comedian; Teddy Deakin, his pal; Jackie Winthrop and her cousin ... more
Richard Winthrop; Miss Bourne, a spinster visiting evacuees, Herbert and Edna, an engaged couple, and Dr. Sterling, travelling on a train to Cornwall miss their connections owing to a delay and have to spend a night in the waiting room of the eerie Cornish railway junction for Fal Vale.The station master tells them the story of the Ghost Train which is reputed to haunt the station. The story runs that 43 years ago a previous station master fell dead whilst trying to operate the remote control of a swing bridge and a train roared through the gap in the open bridge into the river below. The legend was that some nights a warning bell sounded at the station and the train in phantom form thunders by, bringing death of all who gaze upon it.That night the station master is found murdered. Edna and Herbert leave the station, scared, but return later in panic pursued by a terror stricken girl, Julie, a mental patient escaped from a nearby home, and eager to gaze upon the fatal ghost train. She is followed by Price who claims to be her brother and wishes to take her back. Suddenly the roar of a train is heard in the night and the Ghost Train thunders through the station...
A group of bombers announce that they have placed speed-triggered bombs aboard a Japanese ... more
Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Hakata, the Hikari 109. If the train slows below 80km/h, it will be destroyed. When the terrorists demand five million dollars, the police find themselves in a frantic race against time to find the bombers, defuse the bomb and save the innocent passengers.Pre-dating Speed by almost two decades, The Bullet Train is a gripping, edge of your seat thriller that as well as boasting blistering action sequences also focuses on the simmering political tensions between the civilians, the government and the surprisingly sympathetic bombers.Cult action star Sonny 'Street Fighter' Chiba features as the train operator who must find the device and there's a characteristically stirring performance from Ken Takakura (dubbed the Japanese Clint Eastwood) as a bomber with a serious grudge.
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to LA in time for Christmas. ... more
Forced to take the train across the country because of a slight 'misunderstanding' at airport security he begins a journey of self-discovery and rude awakenings mysterious goings-on and thrilling adventures screwball escapades and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart where he will rediscover people's essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost. In equal parts hilarious poignant suspenseful and thrilling The Christmas Train is a delightful journey filled with memorable characters who have packed their bags with as much wisdom as mischief...Part detective story part disaster movie part romance this is a brilliant heart-warming holiday tale.
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Production Year: 1956 - War - Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Bernard Lee, Ian Hunter, Kenneth More, John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch
Production Year: 1970 - War - Director: Brian G. Hutton - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Gavin MacLeod
Advantages: Fabulous story, fabulous atmosphere and fabulous acting Disadvantages: A very few irksome things but neglible
Alfred Hitchcock?s Strangers on a Train - excellent movie! I could leave it that but of course I won?t. I?d had this 2 disk special edition in my DVD collection for a while before I got around to watching it. I really should have watched it as soon as I bought it. Not that I need an excuse to watch it all over again. There is no law that says you have to wait any given period of time before you can watch a film that you enjoyed all over again!
WHAT?S IT ALL ABOUT?
Guy Haynes is travelling on a train and get into conversation with a stranger Bruno Anthony. Guy is a semi-professional tennis player and is somewhat flattered that Bruno recognises him. During their conversation Bruno brings up Guy?s soon to be (hopefully) ex-wife Miriam and current girlfriend Ann Morton who is the daughter of senator. Guy is not very ...
Advantages: none really Disadvantages: poor acting, blatant copying of plot, shall I go on?
Vishal and Anjali Dixit are settled in Bangkok with their young daughter who has diabetes and is awaiting an organ transplant. The marriage in under stress so when Vishal meets the beautiful Roma, also married with a small child and having marital problems, on the train on the way to work they become friends and start to develop feelings for each other. The day they decide to take their relationship to the next level and book into a hotel, they are robbed in the hotel room and Roma is raped whilst Vishal lies helpless on the floor. Anjali is worried about Vishal's behaviour and he tries to repair his marriage only for someone to start blackmailing him about the incident in the hotel room. Vishal's life is turned upside down and gets worse and worse.
Will Vishal be able to gain control of his life again? Will Anjali find out about ...
anonymili 16.06.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Train DVD
Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, the hilarious duo of White Men Can't Jump, reunite for the buddy-action-comedy Money Train. Unsurprisingly, their obvious on-screen chemistry rouses the biggest laughs here, but Doug Richardson and David Loughrey's badly written script and the uneven pacing of the direction overshadows the picture's funniest moments, making this a rather forgettable affair in a long list of movies of the same genre.
Money Train just tries to do too many things. On one hand, it feels like a romantic-comedy as it explores the relationship between the adopted brothers John (Snipes) and Charlie (Harrelson) and their squabbles over beautiful fellow cop, Grace Santiago (Jennifer Lopez). Then there's this subplot involving Charlie and his gambling habits and the money he owes to nightclub owner Donald Patterson (Robert Blake ...
andycarrington 20.10.2009
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At the end of World War II the retreating Germans try to smuggle a fortune in art treasures out of Paris on an armoured train. Burt Lancaster leads the Resistance in a desperate bid to stop them.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
MGM ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
05/05/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
16231 DVD
Barcode
5050070010015
Production Designer
Willy Holt
Music Director
Maurice Jarre
Screenwriter
Walter Bernstein, Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, Albert Husson
"...Lancaster, the greatest physical actor ever, does his own stunts..." (USA Today, p.3D, 30/09/1994)
DVD Description
The duo of director John Frankenheimer and actor Burt Lancaster again join forces with the latter starring as French railway inspector Labiche. With Allied forces closing in on occupied Paris, Herman Goering orders Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) to move the priceless art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to Germany by train. The museum's curator, Mme. Villard (Suzanne Flon) tries to cajole Labiche into stopping the art train, but he's far more concerned with blowing up a German armaments train. Meanwhile, Papa Boule (Michel Simon), an aged railwayman, uses the distraction of the Allied bombing of a nearby munitions train to burn out the engines of the train carrying the art, and is killed by the Nazis for his efforts. Hotelkeeper Christine (Jeanne Moreau), has managed to persuade Labiche of the importance of the art, and when the livid Waldheim orders him to drive the treasure-bearing train, he's formulated a plan to foil the Nazi theft. He fabricates a series of interlocking ruses which lead the Germans to believe that the train has crossed into Germany, when, in reality, it's simply going in circles around Paris. Lancaster leads an exceptional cast in this engrossing film, based on a true story. Michel Simon is especially memorable, as is the gritty, minimally-lit black and white photography of Jean Tournier.
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