A Train in the Night (French: Un train dans la nuit) is a 1934 French mystery film directed by René Hervil and starring Dolly Davis, Georgius and Alice Tissot.[1] [2] It is an adaptation of Arnold Ridley's play The Ghost Train.[3]

A Train in the Night
Directed byRené Hervil
Written byPierre Maudru
Based onThe Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley
StarringDolly Davis
Georgius
Alice Tissot
Production
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Films Régent
Release date
  • 28 September 1934 (1934-09-28)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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In England a group of passengers are stranded overnight at a remote country station when they miss their connecting train. They are informed that this is the night a ghostly train passes through the station on the anniversary of a terrible train wreck.

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.486
  2. ^ Rège p.504
  3. ^ Goble p.389

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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