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The Sleeping Car Murders
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Wikipedia article
'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 Sbastien Japrisot. It stars Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Allgret, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner and Pascale Roberts. This film was the first movie for Costa-Gavras, to be followed later by other, more politically-oriented work.
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 as Daniel
*Catherine Allgret as Benjamine Bombat aka "Bambi"
*Pierre Mondy as Superintendent Tarquin
*Claude Mann as Jean-Lou Gabert
*Jean-Louis Trintignant as ric Grandin
*Simone Signoret as liane Darrs
*Charles Denner as Bob Vaski
*Michel Piccoli as Ren Cabourg
*Pascale Roberts as Georgette Thomas
*Jacques Dynam as Inspector Malec
*Andr Valmy as Inspector
*Philippe Rouleau as Inspector Antoine
*Maurice Chevit as Inspector Moutard
*Nadine Alari as Mme Grazziani
*Monique Chaumette as Mme Rivolani
*Paul Pavel as Rivolani
*Bernadette Lafont as Georgette's sister
*Christian Marin as Georgette's brother-in-law
*Serge Rousseau as train controller
*Jenny Orlans as Cabourg's sister.
*Claude Dauphin as Eliane's brother
*Daniel Glin as the veterinarian
*Tanya Lopert as Mme Garaudy
*Charles Millot as medical examiner
*Albert Michel as bartender
*Jos Artur as journalist
*William Sabatier as Superintendent Tuffi
*Jose Steiner as employee at the hotel Arizona
*Andr Weber as drunkard at the police headquarters
*Edmond Ardisson as the telephone voice from Marseille
*Jacqueline Staup as Bambi's boss
*Dominique Zardi as Inspector in the caf
*Maurice Auzel as Inspector in the caf
*Marcel Bozzuffi as policeman
*Georges Geret as policeman
*Dominique Bernard as train employee
*Lionel Vitrant as inspector
*Nicole Desailly: janitor in Eliane's building
*Jean Droze as a man in the Police headquarters
*Claude Berri as a train employee
*Franoise Arnoul as nurse in the veterinarian school
*Serge Marquand as Georgette's lover
*Denise Pron as drunk lady
*Jean-Pierre Prier
*Bernard Paul
*Lucien Desagneaux
Reception
'The New York Times' said Costa-Gavras "whips it up with a lot of camera trickery and an abundance of cinematic style" but added that "the plot gets so thick and calculated that it becomes temporarily congealed." 'TV Guide' called it "an intriguing, highly entertaining thriller" and praised "Costa-Gavras' taut direction" that "propels this somewhat impenetrable mystery along at breakneck speed." 'Time Out' said that "the ending is one of those ingenious absurdities that haunt the genre, but the lively pace and attention to detail make up for the implausibility."
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