Caught on a Train

Overview

British playwright Stephen Poliakoff's comical teleplay investigates Europe's changing social landscape via three strangers who meet on a train. Peter, an English businessman on an overnight trip through Europe, shares a compartment with a beautiful American woman, Lorraine. But Peter's hope for romance is soon dampened by Lorraine's xenophobia and the arrival of a haughty Viennese aristocrat.

Directed by Peter Duffell

Top cast

Peggy Ashcroft

Frau Messner

Michael Kitchen

Peter

W

Wendy Raebeck

Lorraine

Michael Sheard

Preston

Ingo Mogendorf

Kellner

Louis Sheldon Williams

Dietrich

M

Michael Kingsbury

Hans

J

John Dolan

Small Man in Mac

C

Christopher Frederick

German Guard

K

Ken Shaw

German Guard

T

Terry Gurry

Belgian Guard

B

Baron Casanov

Fat Man

Martin Phillips

Belgian Youth

R

Richard Merson

Porter

Lex van Delden

Waiter

S

Sean Barry-Weske

Steward

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