Cruel Train

Based On the book by Émile Zola

Cruel Train (also known as The Beast in Man) is a British television crime drama, written and directed by Malcolm McKay, and first broadcast on BBC2 on 22 December 1996. Based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel La Bête humaine, and set during the Blitz, the film stars David Suchet as Ruben Roberts, a railway official who discovers that his wife, Selina (Saskia Reeves), was sexually abused as a child by the Chairman of the Line, Arthur Grandridge (David Belcher), who is her godfather. Assisted by Selina, Ruben plots to murder Grandridge on the Brighton Express. Filming for Cruel Train took place at Pebble Mill Studios between 25 November and 22 December 1994, with a budget of £1.25 million.

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Release date:

1995

Director:

Malcolm McKay

Cast:

David Suchet, Saskia Reeves, Adrian Dunbar

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1995 in adaptations