Rail Pirates Explained

Rail Pirates
Director:Christian-Jaque
Producer:Adolphe Osso
Gilbert Renault-Decker
Starring:Charles Vanel
Suzy Prim
Erich von Stroheim
Music:Henri Verdun
Cinematography:André Germain
Pierre Lebon
Marcel Lucien
Editing:William Barache
Studio:Films Renault-Decker
Les Films Osso
Distributor:Comptoir Français du Film
Runtime:89 minutes
Country:France
Language:French

Rail Pirates (French: Les pirates du rail) is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim and Erich von Stroheim.[1] [2] It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location in the Camargue. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. It is based on a novel of the same title by the Belgian writer Oscar Paul Gilbert, who also contributed to the screenplay.[3]

Synopsis

Henri Pierson, an engineer on a railway running through Yunnan in China, tries to resist a series of bandit attacks on the train. Things come to a head when his wife Marie is taken as a hostage but the local warlord.

Cast

References

  1. Lennig p.384
  2. Evans p.37
  3. Goble p.180

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