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Cruel Train

on BBC Two England

A dark and stylish drama set in wartime Britain, based on La Bete Humaine, Emile Zola's classic thriller. Starring David Suchet, Adrian Dunbar, Saskia Reeves

November 1940: Ruben Roberts, a deputy station master, makes the shocking discovery that he owes everything in life - his job, his marriage and his home - to the sexual favours that his young wife Selena has been forced to grant to her abusive godfather, the rich and powerful railway chairman Arthur Grandridge. Driven by jealousy, he murders Grandridge on the Brighton express train.
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Contributors

Based on "La Bete Humaine" by:
Emile Zola
Adapted by/Director:
Malcolm McKay
Producer:
Mervyn Gill-Dougherty
Ruben Roberts:
David Suchet
Jack Dando:
Adrian Dunbar
Selena Roberts:
Saskia Reeves
Superintendent Fish:
Alec McCowen
Sergeant Handy:
Jonathan Moore
Percy Cotton:
Richard Ridings
Phyllis:
Melanie Hill
Mrs Liddle:
Vivienne Burgess
Colin Caine:
Gerard Horan
Flora:
Minnie Driver
Maurice Mussell:
Bryan Pringle
Vera:
Sheila Reid
Davidson:
Patrick Godfrey
John Muster:
Steven Crossley
Henry Holloway:
Paul McKay
Arthur Grandridge:
David Belcher
Railway policeman:
Gerry Hinks
Airraid warden:
Danny Davies
Newsvendor:
Vincent Worth
Waitress:
Louise Papillon
Soldier:
Sean Connelly
Assistant station master:
Derek Lewis
Messenger boy:
Lee Broom

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