Understated to a fault, The Railway Man transcends its occasionally stodgy pacing with a touching, fact-based story and the quiet chemistry of its stars.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Jonathan Teplitzky -
Producer -
Chris Brown , Bill Curbishley -
Screenwriter -
Frank Cottrell Boyce , Andy Paterson -
Distributor -
Weinstein Co. -
Production Co -
Archer Street Productions -
Rating -
R (Disturbing POW Violence) -
Genre -
History , Drama , Biography -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Apr 11, 2014, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Feb 11, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$4.4M -
Runtime -
1h 48m
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