The Sleeping Car Murders

About The Sleeping Car Murders

Six people travel by overnight train from Marseilles to Paris. When they arrive, one of them, a young woman, is found dead in a sleeping berth.

The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) is a crime mystery film directed by Costa-Gavras. It runs 89 minutes and was released in November 1965.

The film is filed under killer, train, witness to murder, and strangle.

Yves Montand takes the lead as L'inspecteur Grazzi, Pierre Mondy as Le commissaire Tarquin, Jean-Louis Trintignant as Éric Grandin, étudiant vétérinaire, and Jacques Perrin as Daniel. The screenplay is by Costa-Gavras.

Murder on the Orient Express, Memories of Murder, and Sinister 2 make useful companions to The Sleeping Car Murders, all filed under investigation and murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 104 votes and it carries a NR rating.