Night Train (1998)

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Night Train (1998)

Night Train

Synopsis

Poole, a tired, middle-aged man is released from prison with old debts owing to his former gangland boss Billy. Poole's release date is known also to Billy and to his henchman Blake who ransacks Poole's flat in search of his boss' money, but fails to catch him.

On the run, Poole finds accommodation as a lodger in Dublin where the suspicious old Mrs. Mooney lives with her middle-aged daughter Alice. Poole's comings and goings and the noises from his room arouse the suspicion of Mrs. Mooney and her nosey neighbour Winnie, but Alice is growing fond of him. She's also intrigued by their lodger - especially when she discovers that Poole has been building a spectacular model railway set of the Orient Express in his room. As things develop between them they go off on their imaginary rail trips, Poole transported by his trains, Alice by her fantasy world of fiction books. A genuine and gentle love begins to develop between them.

Soon the travel fantasy becomes a reality however, as Blake catches up with Poole and after a vicious struggle, Poole escapes. Poole then proposes that he and Alice go to Venice on the real Orient Express...

Directed by John Lynch, "Night Train" stars John Hurt, Brenda Blethyn, and Pauline Flanagan.