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.
Directed by John Frankenheimer
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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
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