---
title: 'The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Costa-Gavras'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sleeping-car-murders-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059050/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)

1965 · 95 min · Drama, Crime · France

Original title: Compartiment tueurs

## Synopsis

The Sleeping Car Murders 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. The film was the directorial debut of Costa-Gavras, to be followed later by other, more politically-oriented work.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Costa-Gavras](https://cinepixo.com/people/costa-gavras)
- **Screenplay:** [Costa-Gavras](https://cinepixo.com/people/costa-gavras), [Sébastien Japrisot](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastien-japrisot)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Magne](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-magne)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Tournier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-tournier)
- **Editor:** [Christian Gaudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-gaudin)

## Cast

- [Daniel Gélin](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-gelin)
- [André Valmy](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-valmy)
- [Lionel Vitrant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-vitrant)
- [Maurice Chevit](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-chevit)
- [José Artur](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-artur)
- [Lucien Desagneaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-desagneaux)
- [Nicole Desailly](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-desailly)
- [André Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-weber)
- [Denise Péron](https://cinepixo.com/people/denise-peron)
- [Françoise Arnoul](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-arnoul)
- [Clément Harari](https://cinepixo.com/people/clement-harari)
- [Bernard Paul](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-paul)
- [Georges Géret](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-geret)
- [Pierre Mondy](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-mondy)
- [Charles Millot](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-millot)

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