The Train (1964) Poster

(1964)

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Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • A train station is bombed.
  • A fighter plane attacks a small train with bullets, but the train escapes.
  • One vicious and upsetting massacre of innocent civilians by a turret gun. (Mostly offscreen and bloodless, except for brief shots of the aftermath).
  • Multiple bloodless shootings.
  • A man is hit with a shovel and thrown off of a train.

Profanity

  • 'God' is said once.
  • Some minor name-calling.
  • 'B*stard' is said once.
  • 'H*ll' is said several times.
  • 'D*mn' is said a few times.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man smoke's while giving orders to an employee.
  • A scene takes place in a restaurant with a bar, but no one drinks alcohol as it is early in the morning.
  • The main character smokes cigarettes in several scenes.
  • Some characters momentarily drink and smoke.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Several of the main characters are involved in high-rush sabotage operations.
  • A train accident occurs, causing a crash and explosion.
  • The air raids are frightening.
  • There are many suspenseful scenes throughout the film involving getting the train out of Germany and into France.
  • The ruthless Nazi antagonist could also be unsettling, especially due to his ruthless personality.
  • Several suspenseful scenes.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • One sad offscreen execution of an engineer (we hear and watch the gunmen and see part of the obscured body slouch to the ground).
  • The main character is shot in the leg after jumping off of a train and runs with a limp for a portion of the film. He survives.
  • The main villain is machine-gunned to death by the main character.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The subject matter of WWII, the vicious Nazis, and their use and murdering of innocent French citizens as collateral damage may be upsetting.
  • The scene involving the execution of a likable conductor could also be seen as upsetting.

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