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'''''The Man Who Watched Trains Go By''''' (1952) is a crime drama film, released in the [[United Kingdom]] with an all-European cast, including [[Claude Rains]] in the lead role. Rains plays the 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]] and based on the novel by [[Georges Simenon]]. This was Rains' seventh film in color, his first being ''[[Gold Is Where You Find It]]'' (1938).
'''''The Man Who Watched Trains Go By''''' (1952) is a crime drama film, released in the [[United Kingdom]] with an all-European cast, including [[Claude Rains]] in the lead role. Rains plays the 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]] and based on the [[The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (novel)|novel]] by [[Georges Simenon]]. This was Rains' seventh film in color, his first being ''[[Gold Is Where You Find It]]'' (1938).


==Cast==
==Cast==

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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By poster (U.S. title The Paris Express)
Directed byHarold French
Written byGeorges Simenon (novel)
Paul Jerrico
Harold French
Produced byDavid Berman
Josef Shaftel
Raymond Stross
StarringClaude Rains
Marius Goring
Märta Torén
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byVera Campbell
Arthur H. Nadel
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Distributed byEros Films (UK)
MacDonald Pictures (USA)
Release date
December 1952
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom / United States
LanguageEnglish

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) is a crime drama film, released in the United Kingdom with an all-European cast, including Claude Rains in the lead role. Rains plays the 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 and based on the novel by Georges Simenon. This was Rains' seventh film in color, his first being Gold Is Where You Find It (1938).

Cast