- The Sleeping Car Murders
-
Compartiment tueurs 
Directed by Costa Gavras Produced by Julien Derode Written by Sébastien Japrisot (novel)
Costa GavrasStarring Catherine Allégret
Yves Montand
Simone Signoret
Michel PiccoliMusic by Michel Magne Cinematography Jean Tournier Editing by Christian Gaudin Release date(s) 1965 Running time 95 mins. Country 
FranceThe Sleeping Car Murders (French title: Compartiment tueurs) is a 1965 French film directed by Costa Gavras from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. It stars Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner and Pascale Roberts.
Plot
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
Cast
- Yves Montand Inspector Grazziani "Grazzi"
- Jacques Perrin : Daniel
- Catherine Allégret : Benjamine Bombat "Bambi"
- Pierre Mondy : Superintendent Tarquin
- Claude Mann : Jean-Lou Gabert
- Jean-Louis Trintignant : Éric Grandin
- Simone Signoret : Éliane Darrès
- Charles Denner : Bob Vaski
- Michel Piccoli : René Cabourg
- Pascale Roberts : Georgette Thomas
- Jacques Dynam : Inspector Malec
- André Valmy : Inspector
- Philippe Rouleau : Inspector Antoine
- Maurice Chevit : Inspector Moutard
- Nadine Alari : Mme Grazziani
- Monique Chaumette : Mme Rivolani
- Paul Pavel : Rivolani
- Bernadette Lafont : Georgette's sister
- Christian Marin : Georgette's brother-in-law
- Serge Rousseau : The train controller
- Jenny Orléans : Cabourg's sister.
- Claude Dauphin : Eliane;'s brother
- Daniel Gélin : the veterinarian
- Tanya Lopert : Mme Garaudy
- Charles Millot : Le medical examiner
- Albert Michel : the bartender
- José Artur : the journalist
- William Sabatier : Superintendent Tuffi
- Josée Steiner : An employee at hôtel Arizona
- André Weber : A drunk man at the police headquarters
- Edmond Ardisson : The telephone voice from Marseilles
- Jacqueline Staup : Bambi's boss
- Dominique Zardi : Inspector in the café
- Maurice Auzel : Inspector in the café
- Marcel Bozzuffi : A policeman
- Georges Geret : A policeman
- Dominique Bernard : A train employee
- Lionel Vitrant : An inspector
- Nicole Desailly: Janitor in Eliane's building.
- Jean Droze : a man in the Police headquarters
- Claude Berri : A train employee
- Françoise Arnoul :A nurse in the veterinarian school
- Serge Marquand : Georgette's lover
- Denise Péron : A drunk lady
- Jean-Pierre Périer
- Bernard Paul
- Lucien Desagneaux
External links
- The opening and closing sequence on YouTube [1]
- Compartiment tueurs at the Internet Movie Database
The Sleeping Car Murders at the Internet Movie Database
The films of Costa-Gavras The Sleeping Car Murders · Shock Troops · Z · The Confession · State of Siege · Special Section · Womanlight · Missing · Hanna K. · Family Business · Betrayed · Music Box · Against Oblivion · The Little Apocalypse · À propos de Nice, la suite (segment) · Lumière and Company (segment) · Mad City · Amen. · Le Couperet · Eden Is WestCategories:- 1965 films
- French thriller films
- 1960s thriller films
- Police detective films
- Neo-noir
- Psychological thriller films
- Films directed by Costa Gavras
- Thriller film stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
