Cruel Train

Cruel Train

★ 4.2IMDb Score
Released:1995-12-22
Duration:100 min
Director:Malcolm McKay
Actors:David Suchet, Saskia Reeves, Adrian Dunbar, Alec McCowen, Jonathan Moore
Production:BBC

Overview:

In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a child by the Chairman of the Line, also her godfather. With her assistance, Ruben plots murder on the Brighton Express.

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