Rail Pirates

{{short description|1938 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Rail Pirates | image = File:Rail Pirates.jpg | caption = | director = Christian-Jaque | producer =Adolphe Osso Gilbert Renault-Decker | based_on = {{based on|''Rail Pirates''|Oscar Paul Gilbert}} | writer = Arno-Charles Brun Christian-Jaque Oscar Paul Gilbert | starring = Charles Vanel Suzy Prim Erich von Stroheim | music =Henri Verdun | cinematography =André Germain Pierre Lebon Marcel Lucien | editing = William Barache | studio =Films Renault-Decker Les Films Osso | distributor =Comptoir Français du Film | released ={{Film date|1938|01|19|df=yes}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = }} '''''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.<ref>Lennig p.384</ref><ref>Evans p.37</ref> 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.<ref>Goble p.180</ref>

==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== <references/>

==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== *{{IMDb title|0206210}}

Category:1938 films Category:1938 French-language films Category:Films directed by Christian-Jaque Category:1938 adventure films Category:French adventure films Category:French black-and-white films Category:Films set in China Category:1938 French films Category:Films shot at Victorine Studios Category:Rail transport films Category:Films based on Belgian novels Category:Films scored by Henri Verdun