All aboard The Paris Express! This claustrophobic suspense thriller barrels ahead like an unstoppable locomotive of corruption, scandal and murder. Claude Rains is a mousey, married bookkeeper whose existence is turned upside down when he discovers his boss (Herbert Lom) is about to abscond with the company’s cash. But when his employer is killed, Rains takes the stolen loot and hops a train in search of the Parisian femme fatale (Marta Toren) who might be behind it all… if he can only evade the dogged police inspector (Marius Goring) hot on his heels. With excellent Technicolor cinematography by Otto Heller (Peeping Tom) and a memorable score by Benjamin Frankel (Battle of the Bulge).
Ariel Schudson discusses The Paris Express on the New Beverly blog.
