As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
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Burt Lancaster
Paul Labiche
Paul Scofield
von Waldheim
Jeanne Moreau
Christine
Suzanne Flon
Mademoiselle Villard
Michel Simon
Papa Boul
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Herren
Albert Rémy
Didont
Charles Millot
Pesquet
Richard Münch
General von Lubitz
Jean-Pierre Zola
Octave
Jacques Marin
Jacques
Paul Bonifas
Spinet
Jean Bouchaud
Schmidt
Donald O'Brien
Schwartz
Arthur Brauss
Pilzer
John Frankenheimer
Director
Walter Bernstein
Screenplay
Frank Davis
Screenplay
Nedrick Young
Screenplay
Franklin Coen
Screenplay
Howard Dimsdale
Screenplay
Albert Husson
Screenplay
Rose Valland
Novel
Jules Bricken
Producer
Walter Wottitz
Director of Photography
Jean Tournier
Director of Photography
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
David Bretherton
Editor
Gabriel Rongier
Editor
Willy Holt
Production Design
