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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) is a crime drama film, based on the 1938 novel by Georges Simenon and released in the United Kingdom with an all-European cast, including Claude Rains in the lead role of Kees Popinga, who is infatuated with Michele Rozier (Märta Torén). The film was released in the United States in 1953 under the title The Paris Express. It was directed by Harold French. This was Rains' seventh film in color, his first being Gold Is Where You Find It (1938).
Original Release
12/01/1952
US Release
06/05/1953
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Claude Rains | Kees Popinga |
| Michael Nightingale | Clerk |
| Felix Aylmer | Merkemans |
| Herbert Lom | Julius de Koster, Jr. / Julius de Koster Jnr |
| Gibb McLaughlin | Julius de Koster Snr |
| Marius Goring | Lucas / Inspector Lucas |
| Lucie Mannheim | Maria Popinga |
| Joan St. Clair | Frida Popinga |
| Robin Alalouf | Karl Popinga |
| Märta Torén | Michele Rozier / Michèle Rozier |
Directors
Writers
Harold French, Georges Simenon, Paul Jarrico
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Claude Rains | Kees Popinga |
| Michael Nightingale | Clerk |
| Felix Aylmer | Merkemans |
| Herbert Lom | Julius de Koster, Jr. / Julius de Koster Jnr |
| Gibb McLaughlin | Julius de Koster Snr |
| Marius Goring | Lucas / Inspector Lucas |
| Lucie Mannheim | Maria Popinga |
| Joan St. Clair | Frida Popinga |
| Robin Alalouf | Karl Popinga |
| Märta Torén | Michele Rozier / Michèle Rozier |
| Michael Alain | Train Conductor |
| Jean Deveaux | Train Official |
| Ferdy Mayne | Louis |
| Anouk Aimee | Jeanne |
| Roy Purcell | Pierre |
| Eric Pohlmann | Goin |
| MacDonald Parke | American Businessman |
| Mary Mackenzie | Mrs. Lucas / Madame Lucas |
| Louis Matto | Joie de Vivre Barman |
| Pat Ryan | Joie de Vivre Patron |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| David Berman | Producer |
| Josef Shaftel | Producer |
| Raymond Stross | Producer |
