The Battle of the Rails A 1946 war movie which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage Nazi reinforcement-troop trains. Details Casts Title The Battle of the Rails Release Date 1946-02-27 Runtime 01 Hours 25 Minutes Genres Drama War Production Companies Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français Production Countries France Charles Boyer Narrator (voice) Jean Clarieux Lampin Jean Daurand Cheminot François Joux Cheminot Tony Laurent Camargue Robert Le Ray Chef de gare Léon Pauléon Chef de gare St-André Michel Salina Allemand Fernand Rauzéna Cheminot Jacques Desagneaux Athos (as Desagneaux) Pierre Latour Pierre Lozach Pierre Mindaist Marcel Barnault Léon Pauléon Redon Max Woll