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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By is a British film of genre Drama directed by Harold French released in USA on 5 june 1953 with Claude Rains
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952)
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Add to a movie listThe Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) is a crime drama film, released in the United Kingdom with an all-European cast, including Claude Rains in the lead role. Rains plays the role of Kees Popinga, who is infatuated with Michele Rozier (Märta Torén). The film was released in the United States in 1953 under the title The Paris Express. It was directed by Harold French and based on the novel by Georges Simenon. This was Rains' seventh film in color, his first being Gold Is Where You Find It (1938).
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Kees Popinga est fondé de pouvoir chez un marchand hollandais de fourniture de bateaux à Groningue avec une femme et deux enfants il s'est peu à peu enfoncé dans l'ennui. Un soir, son patron lui apprend que son entreprise va déposer son bilan pour faillite frauduleuse. Se voyant ruiné, Kees Popinga voit son petit univers s'effondrer. Il décide de fuir son univers un peu mesquin et de faire des avances à Pamela, la maîtresse de son patron. Celle-ci ne l'accueillant qu'avec un rire moqueur, Kees, blessé dans son amour propre, la tue en voulant la faire taire. Il n'a alors plus d'autre solution que de quitter la Hollande, il s'enfuit donc à Paris. Ce sera pour lui l'occasion de vivre une vie en complète opposition avec son existence petite-bourgeoise qu'il a connu jusqu'alors. Il côtoie prostituées et petits malfrats, jusqu'à se faire dévaliser par un pick-pocket. Après une tentative de suicide manquée qui le livre nu aux mains de la police, il se retrouve interné en hôpital psychiatrique.Actors
Claude Rains
(Kees Popinga)
Marius Goring
(Inspector Lucas)
Märta Torén
(Michele Rozier)
Herbert Lom
(Julius de Koster, Jr.)
Anouk Aimée
(Jeanne)
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