The Train (1964 film)

"Well, hurry it up. We're working on a locomotive, not a pocketwatch."

"You crazy bastard."

"[last words] Labiche! Here's your prize, Labiche. Some of the greatest paintings in the world. Does it please you, Labiche? You feel a sense of excitement at just being near them? A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape. You won by sheer luck. You stopped me without knowing what you were doing or why. You are nothing, Labiche. A lump of flesh. The paintings are mine. They always will be. Beauty belongs to the man who can appreciate it. They will always belong to me, or a man like me. Now, this minute, you couldn't tell me why you did what you did."

"Those paintings are part of France. The Germans want to take them away. They've taken our land, our food, they live in our houses, and now they're trying to take our art. This beauty, this vision of life, born out of France, our special vision, our trust. We hold it in trust, don't you see, for everyone? This is our pride, what we create and hold for the world. There are worse things to risk your life for than that."

"One man's impossible mission - to save his country's priceless treasures!"

"It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!"

"Burt Lancaster as Paul Labiche"

"Paul Scofield as Col. Franz von Waldheim"

"Jeanne Moreau as Christine"

"Suzanne Flon as Mademoiselle Villard"

"Michel Simon as Papa Boule"