Hell Train (1985)

5.2/10 90 min Crime Drama

Overview

Hell Train is a French film based on a true story. One evening at a ball in a small town, a fight breaks out in an atmosphere tinged with racism. Three of the ringleaders end up at the police station. The next day, November 14, 1983, on the Bordeaux-Ventimiglia train, the three men who were candidates for enlistment in the Foreign Legion beat Habib Grimzi, a 26-year-old Algerian, before throwing him out of a window. A young woman, who witnessed the murder, alerted the police. The investigation begins in a climate of extreme tension. In the city, provocations and attacks are increasing...

Cast

Roger Hanin

Commissaire Couturier

Hammou Graïa

Habib Grimzi

Christine Pascal

Isabelle

Karim Allaoui

Karim

Gérard Klein

Salviat

Rabah Loucif

Farid

Sam Karmann

Duval

Robin Renucci

Muller

Jean-Claude de Goros

Agent grade

Xavier Maly

Legoff

Jacques Nolot

Lancry

Benoît Régent

Jouffroy

Pascale Pellegrin

Madeleine

Didier Sandre

Dalbret

Vincent Solignac

Letellier

Henri Tisot

Mr. Guilabert

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