A train leaves Los Angeles with a Nazi spy, a woman, a reporter, their respective sidekicks, and the wrong suitcase: one with a bomb in it.A train leaves Los Angeles with a Nazi spy, a woman, a reporter, their respective sidekicks, and the wrong suitcase: one with a bomb in it.A train leaves Los Angeles with a Nazi spy, a woman, a reporter, their respective sidekicks, and the wrong suitcase: one with a bomb in it.
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Stephen Roberts
- Anderson #1
- (as Steve Roberts)
Bruce Kellogg
- Detective
- (as Bill Kellogg)
George Bronson
- Minor Role
- (as Geo. Bronson)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
- Pullman Car Porter
- (as Snowflake)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Los Angeles Saturday 3 December 1949 on KECA (Channel 7), in New York City Tuesday 27 December 1949 on WPIX (Channel 11), and in San Francisco Wednesday 4 January 1950 on KRON (Channel 4).
- GoofsA single-note diesel-locomotive horn is heard as the steam locomotive leaves the station.
- Quotes
Jane Thornwall: Pretty good book. Who wrote it for you?
Bruce Grant: Glad you liked it. Who read it to you?
Featured review
Leave this train on a siding
I've watched a lot of movies lately that were made during WWII and deal with Nazis and spies. Some are clever and engaging; this one is a by-the-numbers plot with the cheap production values you've come to expect from Monogram.
The "McGuffin" of the plot is a bomb in a suitcase, which has been mistakenly switched with a suitcase full of Nazi spy information. Of course, the bomb ends up on a moving train, which the director reminds us of incessantly with shots of the bomb-laden suitcase superimposed over a moving train. There is little actual tension on board; it's more like a commedia dell'arte farce with people moving in and out of various rooms, carrying suitcases, tying people up, etc.
The Nazi spy ring is full of dopey-looking American actors. How can we tell that they are Nazis? Why, they use the required words "dummkopf" and "schweinhund," and do a lot of bossing other people around.
The B-grade cast has virtually no chemistry. The "romances" and "buddy plot" never really click. There are so many GOOD WWII spy films; don't waste your time on this predictable potboiler.
The "McGuffin" of the plot is a bomb in a suitcase, which has been mistakenly switched with a suitcase full of Nazi spy information. Of course, the bomb ends up on a moving train, which the director reminds us of incessantly with shots of the bomb-laden suitcase superimposed over a moving train. There is little actual tension on board; it's more like a commedia dell'arte farce with people moving in and out of various rooms, carrying suitcases, tying people up, etc.
The Nazi spy ring is full of dopey-looking American actors. How can we tell that they are Nazis? Why, they use the required words "dummkopf" and "schweinhund," and do a lot of bossing other people around.
The B-grade cast has virtually no chemistry. The "romances" and "buddy plot" never really click. There are so many GOOD WWII spy films; don't waste your time on this predictable potboiler.
- LCShackley
- May 3, 2008
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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