For a film with a silly premise, "The Train" is a really gripping action/thriller. It's about a French Resistance member outwitting the Germans to prevent them from shipping hundreds of great paintings to Berlin in the waning days of the war. The protagonist, played by Burt Lancaster, demands to know early in the story why his men should risk death for a bunch of art. "The Train" never adequately answers this question.
The Train (1964)
The Train (1964)
The Train (1964)
For a film with a silly premise, "The Train" is a really gripping action/thriller. It's about a French Resistance member outwitting the Germans to prevent them from shipping hundreds of great paintings to Berlin in the waning days of the war. The protagonist, played by Burt Lancaster, demands to know early in the story why his men should risk death for a bunch of art. "The Train" never adequately answers this question.