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The Battle of the Rails
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Title: The Battle of the Rails

Release Date: 27 Feb 1946

Runtime: 1h 25m

Genre: Drama, War

Director: Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

Production Companies: Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

Overview: A 1946 war movie which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage Nazi reinforcement-troop trains.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (38 votes)

Cast

  • Narrator (voice): Charles Boyer
  • Lampin: Jean Clarieux
  • Cheminot: Jean Daurand
  • Cheminot: François Joux
  • Camargue: Tony Laurent
  • Chef de gare: Robert Le Ray
  • Chef de gare St-André: Léon Pauléon
  • Allemand: Michel Salina
  • Cheminot: Fernand Rauzéna
  • Athos (as Desagneaux): Jacques Desagneaux
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