Wolfgang Preiss’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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CriticCrunch has 3 Wolfgang Preiss titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Train.
Recurring themes

The Night of the Generals
1967
Thriller · Mystery

Z
1969
Thriller · Crime

Operation Crossbow
1965
Drama · War

High and Low
1963
Drama · Crime

The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Crime · Drama

Victim
1961
Drama · Crime

The Manchurian Candidate
1962
Thriller · Drama

Panic in the Streets
1950
Thriller · Crime

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Dir. Mark Robson · With Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà

as Prof. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse
Tubi · Free w/ ads
A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss