This highly entertaining trainbound comedy-thriller predates Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" (also co-written by Sidney Gilliat) by several years, and is almost as good - in fact, it is better-paced, as it plunges us straight into the action faster, although the overall plot is not equally ingenious. The film boasts fluid, inquisitive camerawork, some imaginative montages, colorful characters (Conrad Veidt is excellent), and two steamy women (no pun intended). Only the villain's demise, or rather how it happens, is a letdown. Best line (during a poker game): "I ought to know you have one more picture". *** out of 4.
Review of Rome Express
