Night Train to Munich

(1940)

Film | B&W
| Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid

A British agent poses as a Nazi in order to rescue a Czech inventor

When the Germans march into Prague, Czech scientist Dr Bomasch flees to England, taking with him his secret new armour-plating formula.

His daughter, Anna, however, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Once there, Anna immediately attempts to find a way of escape.

In the meantime, the Nazis will not rest until they find Annaโ€™s father and his formula...

Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne reprise their roles as Charters and Caldicott from The Lady Vanishes.

Cast

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Margaret Lockwood promotional headshot for Jassy, c. 1947, autographed โ€˜Sincerelyโ€™ by the actress
Anna Bomasch
Autographed photograph of British actor Rex Harrison from the 1948 film, Escape
Gus Bennett
Paul Henreid
Karl Marsen
British actor, Basil Radford, as Captain Paul Waggett in Whisky Galore! (1949)
Charters
Naunton Wayne, well-known British actor who plays the role of Leslie, one of the club friends of of Henry Garnet (Basil Radford) in โ€˜The Facts of Lifeโ€™, one of the four Somerset Maugham stories comprising โ€˜Quartetโ€™, Sydney Boxโ€™s new production for Gainsborough Pictures
Caldicott
James Harcourt
Axel Bomasch
British actor Felix Aylmer wears a white dinner jacket and bow tie
Dr. John Fredericks
Wyndham Goldie
Charles Dryton
Eliot Makeham
Schwab
Photograph of English actor, Raymond Huntley (1)
Kampenfeldt
Death at Broadcasting House (1934) opening credits (5)
Austin Trevor
Captain Prada
Kenneth Kent
Controller
C V France
Admiral Hassinger
Frederick Valk
German Officer at Munich Station
Morland Graham
Teleferic Attendant
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Night Train to Munich (1940) opening credits

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Main title from Night Train to Munich (1940).

Margaret Lockwood and Paul Henreid in a film clip from Night Train to Munich

The concentration camp

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The showman

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News

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Margaret Lockwood as Anna Bomasch in Night Train to Munich (1940) in the BFIโ€™s promotional booklet for its 2008 Sidney Gilliat season.  Page reads: โ€˜As a writer and director in the heyday of Britainโ€™s studio system Sidney Gilliat was both a consummate entertainer and a sharp social commentator.  British cinema is all the richer for his beady eye and dry wit argues Geoff Brown.โ€™

Sidney Gilliat season at the BFI in November 2008

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British director and writer recognised with a season of screenings, including Night Train to Munich.

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Margaret Lockwood as Anna Bomasch in Night Train to Munich (1940) in the BFIโ€™s promotional booklet for its 2008 Sidney Gilliat season.  Page reads: โ€˜As a writer and director in the heyday of Britainโ€™s studio system Sidney Gilliat was both a consummate entertainer and a sharp social commentator.  British cinema is all the richer for his beady eye and dry wit argues Geoff Brown.โ€™
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Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch), Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett), Basil Radford (as Charters) and Naunton Wayne (as Caldicott) in a poster for Night Train to Munich (1940) (6)
Margaret Lockwood seated behind a large candelabra in Night Train to Munich
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Star Souvenir magazine with Ian Hunter, Margaret Lockwood, and  Patricia Roc in Night Train to Munich.
Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) and Basil Radford (as Charters) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (17)
Australian video cover from Night Train to Munich (1940) (1)
Picture Show magazine featuring Night Train to Munich.  31st August, 1940.
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Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) in a video cover from Night Train to Munich (1940) (4)
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Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) and Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) in a screenshot from Night Train to Munich (1940) (3)
Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) and Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) in a screenshot from Night Train to Munich (1940) (2)
Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) and Paul Henreid (as Karl Marsen) in a screenshot from Night Train to Munich (1940) (1)
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Picture Show magazine with Margaret Lockwood and  Rex Harrison in Night Train to Munich.  31st August, 1940.
Picturegoer magazine with Margaret Lockwood and  Rex Harrison in Night Train to Munich.  August, 1940.
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Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) and Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) in a colourised photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (14)
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Margaret Lockwood plays with a snowball during a break from filming Night Train to Munich. Rex Harrison and Paul Henreid look on.
Naunton Wayne (as Caldicott) and Basil Radford (as Charters) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (11)
Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) and Paul Henreid (as Karl Marsen) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (9)
Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) and Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (8)
Naunton Wayne (as Caldicott) and Basil Radford (as Charters) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (7)
Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) and Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (6)
Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) and Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (5)
Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) and Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (4)
Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) and Paul Henreid (as Karl Marsen) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (3)
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Rex Harrison (as Gus Bennett) and Margaret Lockwood (as Anna Bomasch) in a photograph from Night Train to Munich (1940) (1)
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Production

Night Train to Munich - GB (TCF), 1940, 93 minutes, B&W, Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat (Writers), Gordon Wellesley (Novel - Report on a Fugitive), Carol Reed (Director)