Hell Train (1985)

Hell Train (1985)

1985-01-09 France 90 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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...

Cast

Roger Hanin is Commissaire Couturier
Commissaire Couturier
Hammou Graïa is Habib Grimzi
Habib Grimzi
Gérard Klein is Salviat
Xavier Maly is Legoff
Benoît Régent is Jouffroy