Movie: Hell Train

Top 10 Billed Cast

Roger Hanin
Roger Hanin

Commissaire Couturier

Hammou Graïa
Hammou Graïa

Habib Grimzi

Christine Pascal
Christine Pascal

Isabelle

Karim Allaoui
Karim Allaoui

Karim

Gérard Klein
Gérard Klein

Salviat

Rabah Loucif
Rabah Loucif

Farid

Sam Karmann
Sam Karmann

Duval

Robin Renucci
Robin Renucci

Muller

Jean-Claude de Goros
Jean-Claude de Goros

Agent grade

Xavier Maly
Xavier Maly

Legoff

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    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...

  • Release Date

    1985-01-09

  • Average

    5.4

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
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    Français
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