Night Train to Paris
Night Train to Paris is a 1964 British-American spy film starring Leslie Nielsen, Aliza Gur and Dorinda Stevens.[2]
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| Directed by | Robert Douglas |
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| Written by | Harry Spalding as "Henry Cross" |
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| Music by | Kenny Graham |
| Cinematography | Arthur Lavis |
| Edited by | Robert Winter |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
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| Language | English |
Plot
Former OSS officer Alan Holiday is visited by Catherine Carrel on New Year's Eve, Carrel says she's a close friend of Jules Lemoine also a former OSS officer who served with Holiday during the war.
Lemoine wants Holiday to go to Paris on a secret mission: to deliver a reel of tape, containing defense information, while Lemoine keeps a fake reel himself to deceive enemy agents. When Lemoine is killed and the fake tape stolen Holiday decides to go to Paris.
He poses as an assistant to photographer Louis Vernay, and they take three models along to further the ruse.[3]
Cast
- Leslie Nielsen as Alan Holiday
- Aliza Gur as Catherine Carrel
- Dorinda Stevens as Olive Davies
- Eric Pohlmann as Krogh
- Edina Ronay as Julie
- André Maranne as Louis Vernay
- Cyril Raymond as Insp. Fleming
- Hugh Latimer as Jules Lemoine
- Jack Melford as PC inspector
- Simon Oates as Saunders
- Trevor Reid as Policeman on train
- Stanley Morgan as Plainclothesman
- Jenny White as Vernay's Model
Reviews
A review in The Film Daily 1964 vol. 125 had this to say "Night Train to Paris is a neat, little suspense film that will be a fine addition to any double bill. Its length probably automatically relegates it to second feature…".
Howard Thompson, in the New York Times, disparaged the film: "Night Train to Paris — there's an intriguing title. But, believe us, this thumpingly mediocre little suspense melodrama that drifted into neighborhood theaters yesterday can go back to where it came from. There have been worse plots but few more familiar..." and "...starchy dialogue is neatly matched by Robert Douglas’s flat-footed direction". "The most attractive thing about the whole picture is a nifty blonde named Dorinda Stevens. The woman can act, too, which is more than can be said for most of the others".
References
- "Night Train to Paris (1964)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- "NIGHT TRAIN TO PARIS". Monthly Film Bulletin (32, 57). 1965. ProQuest 1305835967.
- "Night Train to Paris (1964) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
External links
- Night Train to Paris on IMDb
- Night Train To Paris at AllMovie
- Night Train to Paris at TCMDB
- Night Train to Paris at BFI
- Review of film at New York Times