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Caught on a Train (1980)
Directed by Peter Duffell
Drama, TV Movie · 1h 20m
British playwright Stephen Poliakoff's comical teleplay investigates Europe's changing social landscape via three strangers who meet on a train. Peter, an English businessman on an overnight trip through Europe, shares a compartment with a beautiful American woman, Lorraine. But Peter's hope for romance is soon dampened by Lorraine's xenophobia and the arrival of a haughty Viennese aristocrat.
Cast
Peggy Ashcroft
Frau Messner
Michael Kitchen
Peter
W
Wendy Raebeck
Lorraine
Michael Sheard
Preston
Ingo Mogendorf
Kellner
Louis Sheldon Williams
Dietrich
M
Michael Kingsbury
Hans
J
John Dolan
Small Man in Mac
C
Christopher Frederick
German Guard
K
Ken Shaw
German Guard
T
Terry Gurry
Belgian Guard
B
Baron Casanov
Fat Man
Crew
- Director
- Peter Duffell
- Writer
- Stephen Poliakoff
- Director of Photography
- Tony Pierce-Roberts, John Else
- Original Music Composer
- Mike Westbrook
- Editor
- Tariq Anwar
- Producer
- Kenith Trodd
Details
- Release date
- 1980-10-31
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, German, French
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC, Time Life Films