Murder on the Orient Express 1974 detective movie

Murder on the Orient Express (1974, United Kingdom)

detective movies

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is invited by his friend, director of company that runs the famous Orient Express, to be his guest during the travel to Dover. Among the passengers there are aristocrats with their servants or employees, a diplomat, retired army officer, a loud woman, who likes to complain, also American businessman Samuel Ratchett and his secretary Hector McQuuen. While crossing the Yugoslavia train is forced to stop in the middle of nowhere due to snowdrift that blocked the tracks, but soon the passengers discover the delay is not their biggest problem. Ratchett was found dead in his compartment with several stab wounds, but it seems that the American was poisoned first. Hercule Poirot is puzzled by the case, but accepts the challenge to solve the mystery and find who killed Ratchett before the snow plough will provide the way to the next station.

Classic Agatha Christie novel adapted into film that itself became a classic. Eccentric detective mixed with equally eccentric passengers tries to figure out why the American businessman was killed and why day before he tried to hire Poirot to protect him without explaining why. Great performances from the cast and well built atmosphere of the story put Murder on the Orient Express among the all-time classics.

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Creators of Murder on the Orient Express

Sidney Lumet

director

Agatha Christie

screenplay

Paul Dehn

screenplay

Cast of Murder on the Orient Express

Albert Finney

as Hercule Poirot

Martin Balsam

as Bianchi

Lauren Bacall

as Mrs. Hubbard

Ingrid Bergman

as Greta

Jacqueline Bisset

as Countess Andrenyi

Michael York

as Count Andrenyi

Sean Connery

as Colonel Arbuthnot

John Gielgud

as Beddoes

Wendy Hiller

as Princess Dragomiroff

Anthony Perkins

as McQueen

Vanessa Redgrave

as Mary Debenham

Rachel Roberts

as Hildegarde

Richard Widmark

as Ratchett

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Pierre

Jeremy Lloyd

as A.D.C.

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