Rome Express
| Rome Express | |
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| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | Ralph Stock (dialogue) Frank Vosper (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Sidney Gilliat |
| Story by | Clifford Grey |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Esther Ralston Conrad Veidt Hugh Williams |
| Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
| Edited by | Fredrick Y. Smith |
| Music by | Leighton Lucas (uncredited) |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont British (UK) Universal (US) |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | less than $150,000 |
| Box office | $600,000 (est. for UK) |
Rome Express is a 1932 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Esther Ralston and Conrad Veidt.It has been called "one of the most ambitious productions that Gaumont had made up to that time" and "is regarded as the high point of director Walter Forde's career."
Based on a story by Clifford Grey, with a screenplay by Sidney Gilliat, the film is a tale about a European express train to Rome carrying diverse characters, including thieves, adulterers, blackmail victims, and an American film star. The film won the American National Board of Review award for Best Foreign Film. Rome Express was remade as Halfway to Shanghai" 1941 and Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948).