Sleepers West is a 1941 American mystery drama film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari and Mary Beth Hughes.

[1][2] On a fateful weekend, private detective Michael Shayne secretly escorts murder-trial witness Helen Carlson by train from Denver to San Francisco.

This results in Kay, Shayne, Helen, and a runaway husband, Everett Jason, taking a taxicab the rest of the way to San Francisco.

During a stopover at a farm, tension mounts between Kay and Shayne when the intrepid girl reporter phones in a story to her editor back in Denver.

Shayne angrily reminds Kay that an innocent man's life is at stake, and any publicity of Helen's whereabouts might keep her from testifying.

The New York Times said "though lacking credibility as to plot, the story has full measure of action, suspense and emotional conflict.

[9] The Monthly Film Bulletin praised the "polished performances" of the leads, adding that "the direction is brisk, the dialogue amusing, and the settings aboard a train... are realistic.