Hell Train 1985

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Crime Drama

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
Runtime 1h 30m
Director Roger Hanin
Producers Christine Gouze-Rénal, Philippe Verro
Writers Jean Curtelin, Roger Hanin