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Sleeping Car to Trieste

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Espionage agents Valya (Jean Kent) and Zurta (Albert Lieven) break into an embassy in Paris to steal a diary filled with crucial political secrets. The spies pass the diary on to accomplice Karl (Bonar Colleano) -- who then double crosses them, fleeing on the Orient Express to sell it abroad. The agents go after Karl to regain the diary, and a police inspector pursues the agents -- while on the train, an unfaithful couple, a writer and a bird-watcher become unwitting participants in the drama.
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Jaci M We loved it. We stumbled on it one evening when we just had no particular "I want to watch" idea. We love our B&W oldies. This one is well done...it was suspenseful, surprising and at times funny. Certainly not in the vein of Noir that was always so serious but not as light hearted as a Thin Man. It combined everything you could want...illicit sex, murder and mayhem, spies, secrets AND the Orient Express. Could it get any better? Try it.... we thought it a fun escape. And it DID leave you wondering...what IS in that diary? Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review nick s A very well acted Agatha Christie type adventure. But it did take a long time to get going and I found it to be a bit on the dull side. The dialogue was rather verbose and the events convoluted. The big gotcha moment at the end was a bit of a fizzer. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/06/24 Full Review paul d A little gem of a 1940's British spy movie, played out on a train, with all the typical attributes of both spy films and train films. If you can get past the arch style, which harkens more to the 1930's, it is a rather well-crafted B movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic,don't miss this classic Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Espionage agents Valya (Jean Kent) and Zurta (Albert Lieven) break into an embassy in Paris to steal a diary filled with crucial political secrets. The spies pass the diary on to accomplice Karl (Bonar Colleano) -- who then double crosses them, fleeing on the Orient Express to sell it abroad. The agents go after Karl to regain the diary, and a police inspector pursues the agents -- while on the train, an unfaithful couple, a writer and a bird-watcher become unwitting participants in the drama.
Director
John Paddy Carstairs
Producer
George H. Brown
Screenwriter
Clifford Grey
Production Co
Two Cities, George H. Brown Productions
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 35m
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