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Caught on a Train

1980 · 80 min

A cramped, talky chamber piece where polite conversation slowly curdles into uncomfortable social friction.

Directed by: Peter Duffell
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck

Overview: British playwright Stephen Poliakoff's comical teleplay investigates Europe's changing social landscape via three strangers who meet on a train. Peter, an English businessman on an overnight trip through Europe, shares a compartment with a beautiful American woman, Lorraine. But Peter's hope for romance is soon dampened by Lorraine's xenophobia and the arrival of a haughty Viennese aristocrat.

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Directed by: Peter Duffell
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
identity
isolation
politics
deception
Places: road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: Peter Duffell
Written by: Stephen Poliakoff
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck, Michael Sheard, Ingo Mogendorf, Louis Sheldon Williams, Michael Kingsbury, John Dolan
Music: Mike Westbrook
Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts, John Else
Runtime: 80 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English, German, French

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