Cruel Train
Available on Prime Video, Amazon Freevee
Based on Émile Zola's La Bête Humaine, this stylish film noir is set in Britain during the Blitz. Ruben Roberts discovers he owes everything - job and home - to the sexual favors forced upon his wife by her rich and powerful godfather. Assisted by his wife, Ruben murders him on the Brighton Express. A witness has to be silenced...
Starring David Suchet, Saskia Reeves, Adrian Dunbar
Director Malcolm McKay