Rome Express (1932)
1h 34m
Running Time
October 31, 1932Release Date
Plot.
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Muriel Aked
Spinster
Joan Barry
Mrs. Maxted
Donald Calthrop
Poole
Hugh Williams
Tony
Finlay Currie
Sam - Publicist
Cedric Hardwicke
Alistair McBane
Gordon Harker
Tom Bishop
Harold Huth
George Grant
Eliot Makeham
Mills
Esther Ralston
Asta Marvelle
Conrad Veidt
Zurta
Walter Forde
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Clifford Grey
Writer
Sidney Gilliat
Writer
Bernard Knowles
Visual Effects
Frank Vosper
Writer
Louis Levy
Music Director
Ralph Stock
Writer
Günther Krampf
Cinematographer
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Fredrick Y. Smith
Editor
Leighton Lucas
Original Music Composer
Albert Jullion
Assistant Art Director
Stephen Dade
Camera Operator
Phil C. Samuel
Associate Producer
Ian Dalrymple
Editor
Gordon Dines
Assistant Camera
R.K. Neilson-Baxter
Assistant Director
Andrew Mazzei
Art Direction
George Stevens
Assistant Camera
Gordon Conway
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Rome Express is a 1932 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Esther Ralston and Conrad Veidt. Based on a story by Clifford Grey, with a screenplay by Sidney Gilliat, the film is a tale about a European express train to Rome carrying diverse characters, including thieves, adulterers, blackmail victims, and an American film star. The film won the American National Board of Review award for Best Foreign Film. Rome Express was remade as Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948).
It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei, with the costume design by Gordon Conway.