I like this film a lot - it was directed by John Frankenheimer in the '60s when a lot of steam trains were being scrapped, and so they didn't mind the film crew wrecking them ! There are some really stunning scenes, especially the Allied air attack on Vaire, and the 'friendly' Spitfire strafing the train....
Jeanne Moreau has a cameo role, and Shakespearian actor Paul Schofield plays the obsessive German officer ( 'Where is my
train !? ' ) very memorably.
One of my black-and-white favourites !
