Paul Newman and Pier Angeli in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

The Train of Strangers (Train Noir - Some Trains in Noir films - Train Noir movies) 

Two mean-looking tough guys in fedora hats, long overcoats and carrying satchels or suitcases, walking to catch a train.  That's the image you have when you think about Film Noirs and train stations.  That's probably why Film Noirs have so much style.

Scenes of trains (and train stations) are important in Noir films.  Here are a few where you may see them.  

+ Also includes Crime and Neo-Noir films.

 Union Station (1950), The Driver (1978), The Bigamist (1953), Criss Cross (1949), Too Late for Tears (1949), Dark City (1950), and Cry Danger (1951), all have Union Station in Downtown, Los Angeles, California in their scenes.

North By Northwest (1959), Seconds (1966), Midnight Run (1988), Spellbound (1945), The House on Carroll Street (1988), and Carlito’s Way (1993),  Grand Central Murder (1942) (Hollywood reconstruction of Grand Central) all have Grand Central in in Midtown Manhattan in New York City in their scenes.

 Walter Brown, "What kind of a dame would marry a hood?"

Detective Sergeant Gus Forbes, "All kinds."

The Narrow Margin (1952).

The Train of Strangers (Train Noir movies)

Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951)

Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, and Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men (1992)

Gena Rowlands and Cheyenne Jackson in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014)

Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson, and Dorothy Malone in The Last Sunset (1961)

List of films on the watchlist which maybe Noir , British Noir , French Noir etc , but want to see first before adding to lists . Some are listed as noir in various books and lists , some just sound as if they might have noir elements , or are based on work of noir writers . ( the list will change as films are eliminated from enquiries , or titles added when I see something interesting )

Pamela Blake, Veda Ann Borg, Paul Fix, Harry Hayden, Victor Jory, Emory Parnell, and Lee 'Lasses' White in The Unknown Guest (1943)

James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, and Josh Hutcherson in The Polar Express (2004)

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