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title: 'The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harold French'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-watched-trains-go-by-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046034/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952)

1952 · 82 min · Drama, Crime · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) is a crime drama film, based on the 1938 novel by Georges Simenon and directed by Harold French. It has an all-European cast, including Claude Rains in the lead role of Kees Popinga, who is infatuated with Michele Rozier. The film was released in the United States in 1953 under the title The Paris Express.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harold French](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-french)
- **Screenplay:** [Harold French](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-french)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Benjamin Frankel](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-frankel)
- **Producer:** [Josef Shaftel](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-shaftel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otto Heller](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-heller)

## Cast

- [Lucie Mannheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-mannheim)
- [Anouk Aimée](https://cinepixo.com/people/anouk-aimee)
- [Marius Goring](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-goring)
- [Eric Pohlmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-pohlmann)
- [Felix Aylmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-aylmer)
- [Herbert Lom](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-lom)
- [Claude Rains](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-rains)
- [Märta Torén](https://cinepixo.com/people/marta-toren)
- [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne)

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