The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
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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, Rovi
- Starring:
- Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, (more)
- Director(s):
- Costa-Gavras
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, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Sleeping Car Murders
- Yves Montand - Inspector Grazzi
- Pierre Mondy - Commissioner
- Catherine Allegret - Bambi
- Michel Piccoli - Cabourg
- Claude Mann - Jean-Lou
- Nadine Alari - Madame Grazzi
- André Valmy
- Philippe Rouleau
- Albert Michel
- Jean Lefebvre
- Marcel Bozzuffi
- Daniel Gélin
- Georges Géret
- Claude Dauphin
- Jean-Louis Trintignant - Eric
- Simone Signoret - Eliane Darres
- Jacques Perrin - Daniel
- Charles Denner - Bob
- Pascale Roberts - Georgette Thomas
- Françoise Arnoul
- Serge Rousseau
- Paul Pavel
- Tanya Lopert
- Bernadette Lafont
- Jacques Dynam
- Clement Harari
- Maurice Chevit
- Director(s):
- Costa-Gavras
- Writer(s):
- Costa-Gavras, Sébastien Japrisot
- Producer(s):
- Julien Derode
- 1966 - National Board of Review - Best Foreign Film
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