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Buy This Item The Train by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $10.49  on 11-14-2008     Paris, August 1944. With the Allied army closing in, German commander and art fanatic Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche (Burt Lancaster), a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost. Calling upon his vast arsenal of skills, Labiche unleashes a torrent of devastation anddestructionloosened rails, shattered tracks and head-on collisionsin an impassioned, suspense-filled quest for justice, retribution and revenge. Inspired by an actual event and highlighted by spectacular stuntwork and visual effects, The Train is "an edge-of-your-seat, thrilling, suspenseful and superior film" (The Motion Picture Guide). Reader Reviews This is one of only very few movies I have seen over ten times. It never gets old. Better in black and white than color, like Casablanca. My father worked on the railroad after WWII in an era when locomotives were rapidly being phased out. From his stories of the railway, I was primed to love this movie. Plus, I was stationed in Germany for three years with the Air Force. Europe during the war, armored locomotives, plenty of "plastique" - plastic explosives, its all here! My favorite scenes include members of the French Underground hanging fake town signs on the water tanks and at depots while the train is still in France, making the Germans think the train is headed for Germany. Burt Lancaster (Labiche)isn't at all for involving the French Resistance in stopping the train from leaving France at the beginning of the film. But at the end, nothing can stop him from stopping the Germans in their effort to heist the art of Picasso, Renoir, Degas, etc..... "The National Heritage" Memorable lines.... "You once said that normal channels are a trap for officers who lacked initiative" "At 10:00 all trains, track and switching will be bombed. Will the train be there or not?" "White paint, on top of the first three cars. Can you do it?" "Labiche? Yes I have seen Labiche, and General De Gaulle too. I keep them cool in the wine cellar" Labiche: "You can't get through, the switch is closed!" Papa Bull: "Open it!" The mind game between Labiche and Von Waldheim, crashing locomotives, the resistance, the bombing, strafing, and blowing up sections of track - I can see it another 10 times!

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