The Sleeping Car Murders

Compartiment tueurs
Directed byCosta-Gavras
Screenplay byCosta Gavras
Based onThe Sleeping Car Murders by Sébastien Japrisot
Produced byJulien Derode
StarringYves Montand
Simone Signoret
Catherine Allégret
Jacques Perrin
Michel Piccoli
Jean-Louis Trintignant
CinematographyJean Tournier
Edited byChristian Gaudin
Music byMichel Magne
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$8.1 million

The Sleeping Car Murders (also known as The Sleeping Car Murder, French title: Compartiment tueurs) is a 1965 French mystery film directed by Costa-Gavras from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. It stars Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner and Pascale Roberts.[1] The film was the directorial debut of Costa-Gavras, to be followed later by other, more politically-oriented work.

  1. ^ "The Sleeping Car Murder". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-07-16.