THE SLEEPING CAR MURDER (1965)
starring Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Pierre Mondy and Jean-Louis Trintignant; based on a novel by Sébastien Japrisot; written and directed by Costa-Gavras
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible.
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This is a cropped, English-dubbed version of Costa-Gavras's hard-to-find first feature. A widescreen copy of the original French release is available, but unfortunately it doesn't have English subtitles.
That's Simone Signoret's real voice even if everyone else in the film seems to be dubbed!!!
Jacques Perrin is a cute stoaway, but you don't invite people you meet on a train to your home nowadays!!!
The mindless girl is played by Catherine Allegret, Signoret's real-life daughter!!!
A highly enjoyable – and rare – film!!!
Thank you so much!!!
It's great that Simone Signoret dubbed her own voice. So we get to hear that particularly fabulous timbre But that is not Yves Montand..I wonder why? I guess a woman's vanity is more prevalent about her work,..I know I'd dub myself in French if the situation arouse.x
Excellent Flick, WOW, Love movies like this.
good movie
Thank you so much. I do like Costa-Gavras' films and really appreciate the rare chance to see his first feature.
Refreshingly less stylized than Hollywood, but regardless of nationality, the bad guy never wins.
Thanks for the posting! Been looking for it for years. Saw it in French a time ago and remember loving it then and what a clever film it was. Signoret at the time, and still, can do no wrong. Thanks again; I'll look around for the original undubbed version.
excellent, lost a little character in the dubbing. We don't get the real translation. Thanks for posting!!
Wow what a movie! Very good film, I would highly recommend it!
Thanks for the upload!
there seems to be no DVD available in any language, only a very expensive VHS tape. Damn. I hate dubbing.
Never mind the semantics . im just pleased someone put this up , Simone lovely Actress RIP.
Simone Signoret & Yves Montand show how the French mystery develops drama, romance, & intriigue.d
That was actually a fun movie!
thanks for uploading this
I can't believe the original dialogue is the terrible Mike Hammer style words we hear in this translation. Still, worth watching.
where is this French release? Anyway, wow that was good with some great acting, an insight into '60's Paris. Great!
thank you
I loved the young couples hotel room, with the shower in the center of the room; so "old Paris". Now they all look like Motel 6.
I think Montand was trying to act more butch like Bogie and Cagney in this; he idolized them both. It seems a little stiff on him, as his movements and facial expressions are so subdued that he could be from Pittsburgh—except for the language.
here in america we're obsessed with the happy ending and a certain order of how the film comes across.
Thank you for sharing ?
The writing excellent, like In a Lonely Place:)
like In a Lonely Place, the story moves like a freight train.
Beautiful film
that's funny! at 1:31:10 a man shoots himself with a machine-gun, but when we get a view of his back, his coat is completely intact.
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Thanks! Good movie.
Very good film! Delightful! I enjoyed the fast pace and goo actors. Thank you!
At the end of the movie the machine gun does not go through to the coat. Too cheap to make holes?
What?