Rail Pirates

Rail Pirates
Directed by	Christian-Jaque
Written by	Arno-Charles Brun Christian-Jaque Oscar Paul Gilbert
Based on	Rail Pirates by Oscar Paul Gilbert
Produced by	Adolphe Osso Gilbert Renault-Decker
Starring	Charles Vanel Suzy Prim Erich von Stroheim
Cinematography	André Germain Pierre Lebon Marcel Lucien
Edited by	William Barache
Music by	Henri Verdun
Production companies	Films Renault-Decker Les Films Osso
Distributed by	Comptoir Français du Film
Release date	19 January 1938 (1938-01-19)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Rail Pirates (French: Les pirates du rail) is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim and Erich von Stroheim. ^{[1] [2]} 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. ^[3]

Synopsis

Henri Pierson, an engineer on a railway running through Yunnan in China, tries to resist a series of bandit attacks on the train. Things come to a head when his wife Marie is taken as a hostage but the local warlord.

Cast

• Charles Vanel as Henri Pierson
• Suzy Prim as Jeanne Rolland
• Erich von Stroheim as Tchou King
• Marcel Dalio as Le mercenaire
• Simone Renant as Marie Pierson
• Héléna Manson as Madame Teysseire
• Lucas Gridoux as Le général Tsai
• Georges Tourreil as Teysseire
• Jean Périer as Le Docteur Bureau
• Doumel as Morganti
• Marcel André as Ulrich
• Ky Duyen as Le lieutenant
• Régine Dancourt as Mme. Lauref
• Jacques Dumesnil as André Rolland
• Valéry Inkijinoff as Wang
• Michel André as Brocard
• Pierre Nay as Bernard
• Marcel Maupi as Titin

References

1. Lennig p.384
2. Evans p.37
3. Goble p.180

Bibliography

• Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
• Evans, Martin. Empire and Culture: The French Experience, 1830-1940. Springer, 2004.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Lennig, Arthur. Stroheim. University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

External links

• Rail Pirates at IMDb