{"id":3240,"date":"2007-05-21T01:14:33","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T08:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2021-01-16T00:12:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T07:12:05","slug":"sleeping-car-murders-the-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3240","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping Car Murders, The (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We may be fairly sure this job is not the work of a professional.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Poster-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Poster-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Poster-80x128.jpg 80w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Poster.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA detective (Yves Montand) in Paris investigates the murder of a beautiful young woman (Pascale Roberts) on a train.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Costa-Gavras Films<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Simone Signoret Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis fast-paced murder mystery was Greek director Costa-Gavras&#8217; only stab at &#8220;pure entertainment&#8221; films before turning to political thrillers such as <em>Z<\/em> (1969), <em>State of Siege<\/em> (1973), and <em>Missing<\/em> (1982). While <em>Murders <\/em>garnered raves from critics upon its release, but it hasn&#8217;t aged well. The film&#8217;s two ostensible leads &#8212; Catherine Allegret (Simone Signoret&#8217;s real-life daughter) and Jacques Perrin as young lovers who meet on the train &#8212; are annoying:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple-1536x645.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Couple.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and while Signoret provides some moments of campy enjoyment as a self-absorbed actress, she (along with nearly everyone else) is too quickly killed off. To its credit, <em>The Sleeping Car Murders<\/em> does keep one continually guessing as to the identity of the killer &#8212; but the ultimate resolution of this mystery is unsatisfactory, and the plot has become so convoluted by this point that it&#8217;s hard to care. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simone Signoret as an aging actress<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret-1536x641.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Sleeping-Car-Murders-Signoret.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Though it holds some historical interest as Costa-Gavras&#8217; directorial debut, this is not &#8220;must see&#8221; viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0059050\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/74797.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We may be fairly sure this job is not the work of a professional.&#8221; Synopsis: A detective (Yves Montand) in Paris investigates the murder of a beautiful young woman (Pascale Roberts) on a train. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Costa-Gavras Films Detectives and Private Eyes Murder Mystery Simone Signoret Films Review: This fast-paced murder mystery was Greek director Costa-Gavras&#8217; only stab at &#8220;pure entertainment&#8221; films before turning to political thrillers such as Z (1969), State of Siege (1973), and Missing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3240\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63660,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions\/63660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}