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Apr 03, 2018
And, the question is this - (In the time of cold-blooded war) - Would you be willing to actually give up your life in order to stop valuable paintings (by Van Gogh, Picasso, and Gaugin) from getting into the hands of your enemies with the possibility that these irreplaceable works could be destroyed? Would you? Skillfully directed by John Frankenheimer (of the "Manchurian Candidate" fame) - 1964's "The Train" (filmed in b&w) is a gritty, quasi-violent WW2 drama whose story proudly boasts of being based on actual events. IMO - The one really damaging point that threatened to mar the realism of "The Train" was that even though American actor, Burt Lancaster was playing a Frenchman, he didn't have the professionalism to even try to muster up a convincing sounding French accent (unlike the rest of the cast who were all believable as Frenchmen and Germans). (*Be sure to watch movie-trailer video*)