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Art of Action

The Train

+ intro with Christopher McQuarrie and Eddie Hamilton, presented by The London Action Festival

We welcome two masters of action to discuss one of their favourite influences.

  • Director

    John Frankenheimer

  • With

    Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon

  • USA 1964. 133min. Total running time 150min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

Director Christopher McQuarrie and editor Eddie Hamilton, who have collaborated on many Mission: Impossible films, drop into the Art of Action season. They will discuss why they love John Frankenheimer's The Train and how his thrilling tale of the French resistance protecting their national treasures has influenced their own work.

Tickets £17, concs £14 (Members pay £2 less) on sale Tue 8 Oct to BFI Patrons from 11:00, to BFI Members from 12:00 and on general sale from 16:00.

See other screenings of The Train.

London Action Festival