DramaTV Movie
Watch Caught on a Train (1980) Official Trailer
5.2 / 10 IMDb October 31, 1980 1h 20m
British playwright Stephen Poliakoff's comical teleplay investigates Europe's changing social landscape via three strangers who meet on a train. Peter, an English businessman on an overnight trip through Europe, shares a compartment with a beautiful American woman, Lorraine. But Peter's hope for romance is soon dampened by Lorraine's xenophobia and the arrival of a haughty Viennese aristocrat.
Director
Runtime
1h 20m
Release Date
October 31, 1980
Genre
Drama, TV Movie
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United Kingdom
Writers
Producers
Cast
Peggy Ashcroft
as Frau Messner
Michael Kitchen
as Peter
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Wendy Raebeck
as Lorraine
Michael Sheard
as Preston
Ingo Mogendorf
as Kellner
Louis Sheldon Williams
as Dietrich
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Michael Kingsbury
as Hans
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John Dolan
as Small Man in Mac
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Christopher Frederick
as German Guard
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Ken Shaw
as German Guard
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Terry Gurry
as Belgian Guard
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Baron Casanov
as Fat Man
Martin Phillips
as Belgian Youth
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Richard Merson
as Porter
Lex van Delden
as Waiter
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Sean Barry-Weske
as Steward
Production Companies
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