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by karljhickey14 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
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  • David Clarke, Charles McGraw, Peter Virgo, Jacqueline White, and Marie Windsor in The Narrow Margin (1952)

    1. The Narrow Margin

    19521h 11mApproved
    7.6 (9.4K)
    A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
    DirectorsRichard FleischerWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsCharles McGrawMarie WindsorJacqueline White
  • Narrow Margin (1990)

    2. Narrow Margin

    19901h 37mR53Metascore
    6.6 (12K)
    A Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsGene HackmanAnne ArcherJames Sikking
  • Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    3. The Lady Vanishes

    19381h 36mApproved98Metascore
    7.7 (60K)
    While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMargaret LockwoodMichael RedgravePaul Lukas
  • Elliott Gould, Angela Lansbury, Cybill Shepherd, Herbert Lom, Jean Anderson, Ian Carmichael, Gerald Harper, Arthur Lowe, and Jenny Runacre in The Lady Vanishes (1979)

    4. The Lady Vanishes

    19791h 35mPG42Metascore
    6.0 (3.2K)
    On a train in Germany, American heiress Amanda Kelly befriends older nanny Miss Froy. When Miss Froy vanishes, everyone Amanda asks denies having seen her. Eventually, Amanda persuades American photographer Bob Condon to help her search.
    DirectorAnthony PageStarsElliott GouldCybill ShepherdAngela Lansbury
  • Joan Barry, Cedric Hardwicke, Harold Huth, Esther Ralston, Conrad Veidt, and Hugh Williams in Rome Express (1932)

    5. Rome Express

    19321h 34mApproved
    6.6 (641)
    The theft of a valuable Van Dyck painting leads to murder, and many suspects are on a plush express train speeding from Paris to Rome.
    DirectorWalter FordeStarsMuriel AkedJoan BarryDonald Calthrop
  • Jean Kent and Albert Lieven in Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)

    6. Sleeping Car to Trieste

    19481h 35mApproved
    6.6 (808)
    Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
    DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsJean KentAlbert LievenDerrick De Marney
  • John Barrymore and Carole Lombard in Twentieth Century (1934)

    7. Twentieth Century

    19341h 31mApproved
    7.2 (7.6K)
    A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn BarrymoreCarole LombardWalter Connolly
  • Patsy Kelly, Leonid Kinskey, Victor McLaglen, Dennis O'Keefe, Zasu Pitts, and Marjorie Woodworth in Broadway Limited (1941)

    8. Broadway Limited

    19411h 15mApproved
    5.7 (407)
    A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsVictor McLaglenMarjorie WoodworthDennis O'Keefe
  • Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd in One Track Minds (1933)

    9. One Track Minds

    193320mShort
    6.9 (86)
    Thelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.
    DirectorGus MeinsStarsZasu PittsThelma ToddBilly Gilbert
  • Show Business (1932)

    10. Show Business

    193220mShort
    6.5 (161)
    The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.
    DirectorJules WhiteStarsZasu PittsThelma ToddAnita Garvin
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

    11. Murder on the Orient Express

    19742h 8mPG62Metascore
    7.2 (73K)
    In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsAlbert FinneyLauren BacallIngrid Bergman
  • Von Ryan's Express (1965)

    12. Von Ryan's Express

    19651h 57mApproved
    7.1 (16K)
    An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsFrank SinatraTrevor HowardRaffaella Carrà
  • Helga Liné in Horror Express (1972)

    13. Horror Express

    19721h 28mR68Metascore
    6.5 (14K)
    While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic alien lifeform.
    DirectorEugenio MartínStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingAlberto de Mendoza
  • Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor in Silver Streak (1976)

    14. Silver Streak

    19761h 54mPG41Metascore
    6.9 (23K)
    On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance--but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
    DirectorArthur HillerStarsGene WilderRichard PryorJill Clayburgh
  • George Cleveland, John 'Dusty' King, and Marjorie Reynolds in Midnight Limited (1940)

    15. Midnight Limited

    19401h 1mApproved
    5.1 (264)
    The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguised as a wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer.
    DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsJohn 'Dusty' KingMarjorie ReynoldsGeorge Cleveland
  • Chick Chandler, Catherine Craig, Richard Travis, and Thelma White in Spy Train (1943)

    16. Spy Train

    19431h 1mApproved
    5.1 (87)
    A train leaves Los Angeles with a Nazi spy, a woman, a reporter, their respective sidekicks, and the wrong suitcase: one with a bomb in it.
    DirectorHarold YoungStarsRichard TravisCatherine CraigChick Chandler
  • Paula Raymond and Dick Powell in The Tall Target (1951)

    17. The Tall Target

    19511h 18mApproved70Metascore
    7.2 (2.6K)
    A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsDick PowellPaula RaymondAdolphe Menjou
  • Charles Bronson in Breakheart Pass (1975)

    18. Breakheart Pass

    19751h 35mPG
    6.7 (9.8K)
    John Deakin is being transported, as a prisoner, on a train with supplies and medicine to Fort Humboldt, Nevada, so he can help aid the remote garrison of Fort Humboldt.
    DirectorTom GriesStarsCharles BronsonBen JohnsonRichard Crenna
  • Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, and Irving Pichel in I Am a Thief (1934)

    19. I Am a Thief

    19341h 4mApproved
    6.2 (298)
    A variety of suspicious characters try to get their hands on a priceless diamond necklace aboard the Orient Express.
    DirectorRobert FloreyStarsMary AstorRicardo CortezDudley Digges
  • Robert Barrat and Sheila Terry in The Silk Express (1933)

    20. The Silk Express

    19331h 1mApproved
    6.2 (278)
    A trainload of silk puts Neil Hamilton on the fast track to murder in this full-throttle thrill ride costarring Sheila Terry and Guy Kibbee. As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton (Arthur Hohl) corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to fulfill his contracts, manufacturer Donald Kilgore (Hamilton) imports $3 million worth of silk to Seattle and accompanies it by special train to New York. But when his secretary is found murdered, Kilgore soon discovers Myton has planted three killers on board with orders to stop the express and its passengers dead in their tracks.
    DirectorRay EnrightStarsNeil HamiltonSheila TerryArthur Byron
  • Madge Evans and Edmund Lowe in Espionage (1937)

    21. Espionage

    19371h 7mApproved
    6.2 (179)
    Rival reporters pose as honeymooners on a European train to track a munitions magnate.
    DirectorKurt NeumannStarsEdmund LoweMadge EvansPaul Lukas
  • Doomed Cargo (1936)

    22. Doomed Cargo

    19361h 7mNot Rated
    6.7 (444)
    A wise cracking American P.I. traveling abroad with his love interest and sidekick, stumbles on to a dead body. After it disappears again, he starts to unravel a devious crime ring.
    DirectorAlbert de CourvilleStarsEdmund LoweConstance CummingsThomy Bourdelle
  • Sue Casey, Ann Dvorak, Phyllis Kirk, Marjorie Main, Dorothy Malone, Nancy Saunders, and James Whitmore in Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)

    23. Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

    19501h 9mApproved
    6.7 (669)
    A paroled embezzler skips town with his $100K loot and boards the Chicago-New York train, followed by an assortment of shady characters who want the money, but en-route to NYC the embezzler is murdered and his loot disappears.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsMarjorie MainJames WhitmoreAnn Dvorak
  • J. Edward Bromberg, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson, and Kent Taylor in Halfway to Shanghai (1942)

    24. Halfway to Shanghai

    19421h 2mApproved
    6.4 (85)
    A murder occurs on a train bound for Shanghai during World War II.
    DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsKent TaylorIrene HerveyHenry Stephenson
  • Fred Keating and Alexander Leftwich in Prison Train (1938)

    25. Prison Train

    19381h 4mApproved
    5.5 (166)
    Frankie Terris and Mannie Robbins are the two most powerful gangsters in their city. Frankie has a young sister, Louise, whom he has kept at a boarding school away from the stench of his racketeering. Mannie's young son, Joe, is also ignorant of his father's profession. Louise and Joe meet, and Joe tries to make love to her. Frankie interrupts and, in a fight that follows, kills Joe. Mannie vows to get Frankie. The latter, sentenced to Alcatraz, fears for Louise's safety and makes her promise to take a trip abroad. Louise learns that Mannie plans to shoot Frankie on the train taking him to prison, and she stows away in hopes of warning her brother. On the train, she falls into the protective arms of Federal Agent Bill Adams. Before she has a chance to warn Frankie, Mannie's henchmen go to work and a gangland shootout ensues.
    DirectorGordon WilesStarsFred KeatingDorothy ComingoreClarence Muse

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