The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) is a crime drama film, based on the 1938 novel by Georges Simenon and directed by Harold French. It has an all-European cast, including Claude Rains in the lead role of Kees Popinga, who is infatuated with Michele Rozier. The film was released in the United States in 1953 under the title The Paris Express.
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By poster (U.S. title The Paris Express)
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer, most famous for his fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most popular authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 novels, 21 volumes of memoirs and many short stories, selling over 500 million copies.
Simenon in 1963
26 rue Léopold, Liège, the house where Simenon was born
Maigret statue in Delfzijl, Netherlands
Simenon, 1963 by Erling Mandelmann