---
title: 'Night Train to Munich (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carol Reed'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-train-to-munich-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032842/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Night Train to Munich (1940)

1940 · 93 min · Drama, War, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Night Train to Munich is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, and Naunton Wayne. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1939 short story “Report on a Fugitive” by Gordon Wellesley. The film is about an inventor and his daughter who are kidnapped by the Gestapo after the Nazis march into Prague in the prelude to the Second World War. A British secret service agent follows them, disguised as a senior German army officer pretending to woo the daughter over to the Nazi cause.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carol Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-reed)
- **Screenplay:** [Sidney Gilliat](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-gilliat), [Frank Launder](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-launder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-levy)
- **Producer:** [Edward Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-black)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otto Kanturek](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-kanturek)
- **Editor:** [R.E. Dearing](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-e-dearing)

## Cast

- [Naunton Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/naunton-wayne) as Caldicott
- [Albert Lieven](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-lieven)
- [Torin Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/torin-thatcher)
- [Margaret Lockwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-lockwood)
- [Basil Radford](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-radford) as Charters
- [Kenneth Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-kent)
- [C.V. France](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-v-france)
- [Raymond Huntley](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-huntley)
- [Frederick Valk](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-valk)
- [John Wengraf](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wengraf)
- [Paul Henreid](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-henreid)
- [Austin Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/austin-trevor)
- [Felix Aylmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-aylmer)
- [Roland Culver](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-culver)
- [Rex Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-harrison)

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