Rome Express (1932)

Directed by

Walter Forde, Sidney Gilliat

Genre

crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A diverse group of passengers travel on a European express train to Rome. Among them are thieves, adulterers, and a film star. A crime unfolds and the passengers become suspects.

suspensefulbriskintriguingstylishwittytenseglamorouswhodunit

What happens

Rome Express is a 1932 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Esther Ralston and Conrad Veidt.It has been called "one of the most ambitious productions that Gaumont had made up to that time" and "is regarded as the high point of director Walter Forde's career." Based on a story by Clifford Grey, with a screenplay by Sidney Gilliat, the film is a tale about a European express train to Rome carrying diverse characters, including thieves, adulterers, blackmail victims, and an American film star. The film won the American National Board of Review award for Best Foreign Film. Rome Express was remade as Halfway to Shanghai" 1941 and Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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