Rail Pirates
| Rail Pirates | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Christian-Jaque |
| Written by | Arno-Charles Brun Christian-Jaque Oscar Paul Gilbert |
| Based on | Rail Pirates by Oscar Paul Gilbert |
| Produced by | Adolphe Osso Gilbert Renault-Decker |
| Starring | Charles Vanel Suzy Prim Erich von Stroheim |
| Cinematography | André Germain Pierre Lebon Marcel Lucien |
| Edited by | William Barache |
| Music by | Henri Verdun |
Production companies | Films Renault-Decker Les Films Osso |
| Distributed by | Comptoir Français du Film |
Release date | 19 January 1938 |
Running time | 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[edit]
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[edit]
- Charles Vanel as Henri Pierson
- Suzy Prim as Jeanne Rolland
- Erich von Stroheim as Tchou King
- Marcel Dalio as Le mercenaire
- Simone Renant as Marie Pierson
- Héléna Manson as Madame Teysseire
- Lucas Gridoux as Le général Tsai
- Georges Tourreil as Teysseire
- Jean Périer as Le Docteur Bureau
- Doumel as Morganti
- Marcel André as Ulrich
- Ky Duyen as Le lieutenant
- Régine Dancourt as Mme. Lauref
- Jacques Dumesnil as André Rolland
- Valéry Inkijinoff as Wang
- Michel André as Brocard
- Pierre Nay as Bernard
- Marcel Maupi as Titin
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
- Evans, Martin. Empire and Culture: The French Experience, 1830-1940. Springer, 2004.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Lennig, Arthur. Stroheim. University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
External links[edit]
- Rail Pirates at IMDb
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