The Train

German Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) aims to persuade General von Lubitz (Richard Munch) that they should confiscate fine French art, as the liberation of Paris looms, in John Frankenheimer's The Train, 1965.

French rail inspector Labiche (Burt Lancaster) scurries back from some sabotage work, encounters innkeeper Christine (Jeanne Moreau) whom he's just met, German Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) and aide Schmidt (Jean Bouchaud) getting stonewalled, in John Frankenheimer's The Train, 1965.

First proving sabotage, which he's apparently arranged himself, to his German boss, French rail inspector Labiche (Burt Lancaster, doing his own stunts) tries to get crotchety engineer Papa Boule (Michel Simon) to escape an Allied air raid, in John Frankenheimer's The Train, 1965.

In his last in-depth interview, director-actor Sydney Pollack relates the story of how Burt Lancaster got him started as a director, from TCM's Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence.