The Train

[bassman]

Anyone who knows me knows I love steam trains & this is a classic train movie taking place in WWII France. The Allies are closing in & the Nazis are trying to take a trainload of looted art back to Germany. Dark, dirty, gritty & very realistic. Shot in black & white, which really conveys the mood. Burt Lancaster does all his own stunts. I've seen it a zillion times, but it was on again last night, uncut & commercial free, so couldn't resist. Those Nazis were mean!

[Torontonian]

Good film. Anything with Paul Scofield in it is worth watching. He was one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century - top five for me. Have you seen Mel Gibson's Hamlet? The movie is just mediocre, and Gibson's performance is one-dimensional. But Scofield plays the ghost, and it is harrowing.