Rail Pirates (1938)
Les Pirates du rail
Henri Pierson, the chief engineer of a railway line crossing Yunnan in China, must prevent the incessant attacks of a gang of looters.
- Date of release
- 1938-01-19
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Christian-Jaque
Casting
- Charles Vanel — Henri Pierson
- Erich von Stroheim — Tchou King
- Doumel — Morganti
- Marcel Dalio — Le mercenaire
- Jacques Dumesnil — Rolland
- Lucas Gridoux — Général Tsai
- Valéry Inkijinoff — Wang
- Héléna Manson — Madame Teysseire
- Pierre Nay — Bernard
- Jean Périer — Docteur Bureau
- Suzy Prim — Jeanne Rolland
- Simone Renant — Marie Pearson
Interesting facts
Rail Pirates is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location in the Camargue. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. It is based on a novel of the same title by the Belgian writer Oscar Paul Gilbert, who also contributed to the screenplay.
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