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Stop Train 349

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Not a "Euro Spy" movie and not a good vehicle for Sean Flynn. Little action, leaden direction, and a dull story line that goes almost nowhere. Try his other availble movie, Mission to Venice; a much more satisfying B movie.

I purchased this movie thinking it would be somewhat like "The Train" with Burt Lancaster or "The Third Man." This film has a good story line, but the producers and directors seem not to think so. They throw in plenty of gratuitous semi nudity and nudity to try hold your attention. This movie has the right stuff when it comes to plot but falls flat handled by folks who don't have the budget or the imagination to do it right. This would be a good candidate for a remake but that is all.
The story revolves around an East German man who attempts to escape the east by hopping a special train allowed to shuttle from Berlin to the west. Admittance to the train is tightly controlled by the Russians East Germans and the Western Allies. The stowaway creates an international incident by hopping on the train. A female steward allows the man on the train because he is hanging on to the outside of one of the doors while the train is traveling at a high rate of speed. She shows compassion and allows him on the train. Jose Ferrar is on the train but it is obvious he took this part because he had not a better offer. I ended up throwing this in the trash and chalking this up to the price of an education.