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Murder on the Orient Express

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7.1/10 • 1.4K

1974-11-222h 8m

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The who's who in the whodunnit!

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Directors
Sidney Lumet
Editors
Anne V. Coates

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  1. Albert Finney

    Albert Finney

    Hercule Poirot

  2. Lauren Bacall

    Lauren Bacall

    Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard

  3. Martin Balsam

    Martin Balsam

    Signor Bianchi

  4. Ingrid Bergman

    Ingrid Bergman

    Greta Ohlson

  5. Sean Connery

    Sean Connery

    Colonel Arbuthnot

  6. Anthony Perkins

    Anthony Perkins

    Hector MacQueen

  7. Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Pierre Paul Michel

  8. Wendy Hiller

    Wendy Hiller

    Prinzessin Dragomiroff

  9. Vanessa Redgrave

    Vanessa Redgrave

    Mary Debenham

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John Chard

Jul 21, 2019

8/10

All star cast deliver an Agatha Christie adapted treat. Murder on the orient Express is directed by Sidney Lumet and adapted to screenplay by Paul Dehn from the novel of the same name written by Agatha Christie. It stars Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Michael York, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Anthony Perkins, Martin Balsam, Jacqueline Bisset and John Gielgud. Music is by Richard Rodney Bennett and photography by Geoffrey Unsworth. 1935 and the Orient Express is on route from Istanbul to London. On board is legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. He is called into investigative action when a passenger is found brutally stabbed to death, just as the train is ground to a halt due to heavy snow. This will not be easy for it's a case where any number of the passengers appear to have links to the deceased. The best of the big screen adaptations of Christie's Poirot works, "Orient Express" is given a consummate sheen by director Lumet and his all star cast. Finney's Poirot has a hard edge to him, which is perfectly in keeping with the story that unfolds. From the beginning, which brings a sad and potent piece of news to our viewing experience, right to the Poirot deconstruction of the crime-perpetrator-motive sequence, picture has dark tints framing the array of thespians gathered for the occasion. The setting is gorgeous, but the confines of the period train add credible claustrophobic tension to the plot, and the reveal, while not surprising to the observant, is still a doozy that is given added emotional heft by a neat character development. Darker than you may expect, but still a bunch of fun to be had playing spot the star and deducing who has done the foul deed. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,400,000.00
Revenue
$35,700,000.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookrepaymentdetectivepassengerinvestigationorient expresssnowwhodunittrainmurder mystery1930s