As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
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Burt Lancaster as Paul Labiche
Paul Scofield as von Waldheim
Jeanne Moreau as Christine
Suzanne Flon as Mademoiselle Villard
Michel Simon as Papa Boul
Wolfgang Preiss as Maj. Herren
Albert Rémy as Didont
Charles Millot as Pesquet
Richard Münch as General von Libitz
Jean-Pierre Zola as Octave
Jacques Marin as Jacques
Paul Bonifas as Spinet
Jean Bouchaud as Schmidt
Donald O'Brien as Schwartz
Arthur Brauss as Pilzer
Jean-Claude Bercq as Major
Howard Vernon as Dietrich
Louis Falavigna as Railroad Worker
Richard Bailey as Grote
Christian Fuin as Robert
Helmo Kindermann as Ordnance Officer
Roger Lumont as Engineer Officer
Gérard Buhr as Corporal
Christian Rémy as Tauber
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