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Caught on a Train

5.219801h 20mMovieDramaTV Movie

British playwright Stephen Poliakoff's comical teleplay investigates Europe's changing social landscape via three strangers who meet on a train. Peter, an English businessman on an overnight trip through Europe, shares a compartment with a…

DirectorPeter Duffell
WriterStephen Poliakoff
ProducerKenith Trodd

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Cast · Directed by Peter Duffell

PAPeggy Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft
Frau Messner
MKMichael Kitchen
Michael Kitchen
Peter
WR
Wendy Raebeck
Lorraine
MSMichael Sheard
Michael Sheard
Preston
IMIngo Mogendorf
Ingo Mogendorf
Kellner
LWLouis Sheldon Williams
Louis Sheldon Williams
Dietrich
MK
Michael Kingsbury
Hans
JD
John Dolan
Small Man in Mac
CF
Christopher Frederick
German Guard
KS
Ken Shaw
German Guard
TG
Terry Gurry
Belgian Guard
BC
Baron Casanov
Fat Man

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Caught on a Train hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 19, 1980. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.