Hell Train (1985)
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...
Director: Roger Hanin
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Roger Hanin as Commissaire Couturier |
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Hammou Graïa as Habib Grimzi |
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Christine Pascal as Isabelle |
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Karim Allaoui as Karim |
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Gérard Klein as Salviat |
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Rabah Loucif as Farid |
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Sam Karmann as Duval |
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Robin Renucci as Muller |
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Jean-Claude de Goros as Agent grade |
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Xavier Maly as Legoff |
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Jacques Nolot as Lancry |
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Benoît Régent as Jouffroy |
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Pascale Pellegrin as Madeleine |
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Didier Sandre as Dalbret |
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Vincent Solignac as Letellier |
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Henri Tisot as Mr. Guilabert |
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Béatrice Camurat as Mme Salviat |
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Fabrice Eberhard as Lacombe |
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Farid Gazzah as Mehdi |
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Nathalie Guérin as Mme Guilabert |
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Alain Lahaye as Poli |
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Jacques Gamblin as |
| Directing | Roger Hanin | Director |
| Writing | Jean Curtelin | Writer |
| Writing | Roger Hanin | Writer |
| Production | Christine Gouze-Rénal | Producer |
| Production | Philippe Verro | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Youcef Tobni | Editor |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Mix Technician |
| Crew | Mario Luraschi | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Yves Agostini | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Didier Jouyaux | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Jean-Claude Gallouin | Production Design |
| Sound | Catherine d'Hoir | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Rosine Le Noane | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Elisabeth Servouze | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Jean Penzer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Michel Legrand | Original Music Composer |