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3 unusual facts about Rome Express


Lime Grove Studios

The first film produced at the remodeled studio was the Walter Forde thriller Rome Express, which became one of the first British sound films to garner critical and financial success in the United States (where it was distributed by Universal Pictures).

Rome Express

Before the journey starts, a valuable painting by Van Dyck has been stolen from an art gallery in Paris.

Like the post-war remake of this film, Sleeping Car to Trieste, details of the 'back story' of the film are few.



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