Murder on the Orient Express
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.
En route to London, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot has booked winter passage on the fabled Orient Express. Among the assortment of fellow passengers, one wealthy American holds a unique distinction: he has been found dead of multiple stab wounds in the night compartment of the Calais coach. By dawn, thirteen travelers, each bearing a secret, will find themselves suspect in the most ingenious crime Poirot has ever solved...
Snowbound in the Balkan hills, the passengers on the Orient Express awaken to the shocking news that one of their number had been viciously murdered in the night. With a business more grim than murder afoot, Poirot has not a moment to waste. For the killer is still at large on the train...
Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer—in case he or she decides to strike again.
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
A lavish train trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard the Orient Express. In December, 1935, when his train is stopped by an avalanche. the world's greatest detective -- Hercule Poirot -- is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before. He must interrogate all passengers and search for clues before the killer can strike again. Murder, intrigue, and a star-studded cast directed by Sidney Lumet make this stylish production of Murder on the Orient Express one of the best Agatha Christie adaptations to see the silver screen. Among the suspects are colorful characters played by Richard Widmark, Anthony Perkins, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Wendy Hiller, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, and Ingrid Bergman, whose performance won her a third Academy Award.
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