Cruel Train

Streaming video - 1996

Based on Emile Zola's 'La Bete Humaine', this stylish film noir is set in Britain during the Blitz. Ruben Roberts discovers he owes everything - job and home - to the sexual favours forced upon his wife by her rich and powerful godfather. Assisted by his wife, Ruben murders him on the Brighton Express. A witness has to be silenced.

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : BBC Studios 1996.
2022.
Language
English
Other Authors
Malcolm McKay (film director), Adrian Dunbar (actor), David Suchet, Minnie Driver, Richard Ridings, Saskia Reeves, Sheila Reid
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).