Night Train to Munich is a thriller film made in 1940. It was directed by Carol Reed, with writing credits by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder The thriller is a genre of fiction in which tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary heroes are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country, or the stability of the free world. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 - 25 April 1976) was an English film director, winner of an Academy Award for his film version of the musical, Oliver! (1968). ... Sidney Gilliat (February 15, 1908 – May 31, 1994) was a British film director, producer and writer. ... Frank Launder (January 28, 1906—February 23, 1997) was a British writer, director and producer, who made more than 40 films, usually in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat. ...

When the Germans march into Prague, scientist Dr Bomasch, who is working on a new process for armour-plating, flees to England. His daughter Anna is arrested and sent to a concentration camp, where she is befriended by a Czech named Karl Marsen, who is really a German undercover agent. Together, they escape and get to England, where Anna finds her Father, now working for the Royal Navy and being guarded by Gus Bennett, an undercover naval officer. But Marsen and his agents have been watching and they recapture Bomarsch and his daughter, who are returned to Germany. Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

Bennett goes to Berlin in the guise of an engineer in the German army and gains access to Anna, pretending to persuade her Father to cooperate with the Germans. He contrives to accompany them on a train trip to Munich with Marsen and two guards.   Berlin[?], IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; down from 4. ... Look up Engineer on Wiktionary, the free dictionary An engineer is someone who practices the profession of engineering – a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems using technology. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ...

On the train, they meet two Englishmen, Charters and Caldicott, who recognise Bennett from University. They also overhear Marsen preparing to unmask Bennett. They lend their assistance, overpower the guards, and assist Bomasch, Anna and Bennett to escape over the mountains into Switzerland. A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ...

CAST

Margaret Lockwood - Anna Bomasch Margaret Lockwood with Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Dame Margaret Mary Lockwood (September 15, 1916 - July 15, 1990) was a British actress. ...

Rex Harrison - Gus Bennett Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (March 5, 1908–June 2, 1990) was a British theatre and film actor. ...

Paul Henreid - Karl Marsen Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter Von Wassel-Waldingau, (January 10, 1908 - March 29, 1992), known professionally as Paul Henreid, was an actor and film director. ...

Basil Radford - Charters Basil Radford (25 June 1897 Chester, England - 20 October 1952 London, England) was a British character actor who featured in many British films of the 1930s and 1940s. ...

Naunton Wayne - Caldicott Naunton Wayne (1901-1970) was a British character actor, born in Llanwonno, South Wales. ...

James Harcourt - Axel Bomasch

Felix Aylmer - Dr. John Fredericks Sir Felix Aylmer Jones (1889–1979) was a distinguished English stage actor who appeared in the cinema and on television. ...

TRIVIA

Charters and Caldicott are two slightly eccentric cricket-mad English travellers, who also appeared in The Lady Vanishes. A cricket match in progress. ... The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder from the novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. ...

Despite the title, only a short portion of the film takes place on the train to Munich.

The film has been frequently promoted as a sequel to The Lady Vanishes, although the story is not a continuation and only a few of the characters are carried over. The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder from the novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. ...

QUOTES

Charters: I bought a copy of Mein Kampf. Occurred to me it might shed a spot of light on all this... how d'ye do. Ever read it?

Caldicott: Never had the time.

Charters: I understand they give a copy to all the bridal couples over here.

Caldicott: Oh, I don't think it's that sort of book, old man.