The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)

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Synopsis of The Sleeping Car Murders

The first film directed by Costa-Gavras, The Sleeping Car Murders was based on a novel by Sebastien Japrisot. During a Marseilles-to-Paris overnight train trip, a girl is found dead in a sleeping car. As Paris detective Yves Montand steps up his investigation, more and more passengers turn up murdered. The unlikely climax is the only sore point of this otherwise well-wrought mystery. Bereft of the politicizing of Costa-Gavras' later works, The Sleeping Car Murders exhibits the director's fondness for American "film noir" thrillers. The film first hit Parisian movie screens under the title Compartiment Tueurs. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Complete Cast of The Sleeping Car Murders

Director(s):

Costa-Gavras

Writer(s):

Sébastien Japrisot, Costa-Gavras

Producer(s):

Julien Derode

• 1966 - National Board of Review - Best Foreign Film

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