Rail Pirates

Rail Pirates (French: Les pirates du rail) is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location in the Camargue. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. It is based on a novel of the same title by the Belgian writer Oscar Paul Gilbert, who also contributed to the screenplay.

Synopsis
Henri Pierson, an engineer on a railway running through Yunnan in China, tries to resist a series of bandit attacks on the train. Things come to a head when his wife Marie is taken as a hostage but the local warlord.

Cast

 * Charles Vanel as Henri Pierson
 * Suzy Prim as Jeanne Rolland
 * Erich von Stroheim as Tchou King
 * Marcel Dalio as Le mercenaire
 * Simone Renant as 	Marie Pierson
 * Héléna Manson as Madame Teysseire
 * Lucas Gridoux as 	Le général Tsai
 * Georges Tourreil as 	Teysseire
 * Jean Périer as 	Le Docteur Bureau
 * Doumel as 	Morganti
 * Marcel André as 	Ulrich
 * Ky Duyen as 	Le lieutenant
 * Régine Dancourt as 	Mme. Lauref
 * Jacques Dumesnil as André Rolland
 * Valéry Inkijinoff as 	Wang
 * Michel André as Brocard
 * Pierre Nay as Bernard
 * Marcel Maupi as Titin