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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

A Non-Stop Suspense Thriller

5.9(24)19521h 22m2

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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Released
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Language
English
  • british noir

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR5 Jun 1953
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 Dec 1952
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical154 May 1953

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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By was released on 1 December 1952.

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    CinemaSerf

    9/9/2022

    6/10

    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,…

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