Espionage (1937)
IMDb meta-data is 1 hour and 7 minutes, rated 6.4 by 69 cinematizens.
Genre: Mystery
Verdict: Snappy
The ingredients are a closed passenger train from Paris to Istanbul with two incognito journalists after the same vanilla scoop.
The journalists conceal their identities and purpose from each other and from the subject of their inquiries played by Paul Lukas. I never did grasp what the newshound were after from Paul, and neither did they I suppose.
Since there seemed to be no point, instead we have an incompetent assassin in Sascha bested by a bumptious bodyguard. Musical interludes lighten the tone, as the journalists collide. There are disguises, mistaken identities, a cake, a tandem bicycle, yodelling, and more.
An agreeable distraction from the news of the day.