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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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