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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) is a crime drama film, based on the 1938 novel by Georges Simenon and directed by Harold French. It has an all-European cast, including Claude Rains in the lead role of Kees Popinga, who is infatuated with Michele Rozier (Märta Torén).
Oct 17, 2017 · Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man—until the day he discovers his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for, and something snaps. Kees used to watch the trains go by on their way to exciting destinations.
- Georges Simenon
But one night, this model husband and devoted father discovers his boss is bankrupt and that his own carefully tended life is in ruins. Before, he had watched impassively as the trains swept by; now he catches the first one out of town, and soon commits murder before the night is out.
Oct 17, 2017 · 4.1 295 ratings. See all formats and editions. “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré. In this Georges Simenon classic, a Dutch clerk flees to Paris with his crooked boss’s money and meets the woman behind the man.
- Georges Simenon
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (L'Homme qui regardait passer les trains), first published in French in 1938, is a crime thriller by Georges Simenon about a man's rapid descent into criminality and madness following sudden financial ruination. A film adaptation was released in 1952.
Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man—until the day he discovers his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for, and something snaps. Kees used to watch the trains go by on their way to exciting destinations.
Mar 9, 2022 · EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item <description> tags) The man who watched trains go by. by. Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989. Publication date. 2005. Publisher.
