Murder on the Orient Express

1974 128 min ★ 7.1 Drama, Thriller, Mystery

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.

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Cast

Albert Finney

Hercule Poirot

Lauren Bacall

Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard

Martin Balsam

Signor Bianchi

Ingrid Bergman

Greta Ohlson

Sean Connery

Colonel Arbuthnot

Anthony Perkins

Hector MacQueen

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Pierre Paul Michel

Wendy Hiller

Prinzessin Dragomiroff

Vanessa Redgrave

Mary Debenham

Jacqueline Bisset

Countess Andrenyi

Details

Director

Sidney Lumet

Screenplay

Paul Dehn

Tagline

"The who's who in the whodunnit!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,400,000

Revenue

$35,700,000

Production

EMI Films, G.W. Films

Reviews

J

John Chard

July 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....

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CinemaSerf

April 13, 2023

★ 8/10

Albert Finney is magnificent as Agatha Christie's "Poirot" in this murder mystery set amidst the luxury (and isolation) of the Orient Express train as it travels from Istanbul to Calais, getting stuck in a snow drift en route. A cast to make your eyes water all vie for the responsibility of murdering oriental pottery collector Richard Widmark. Why, we ask, so brutally murder a guy who collects anc...