Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Albert Finney
Albert Finney
, Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
, Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
, Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Sidney Lumet
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Albert Finney
Albert Finney
, Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
, Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
, Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Sidney Lumet

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Overview

Like many of Agatha Christie's mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express is predicated on an actual event, in this case the Lindbergh kidnapping. In the movie, everyone on board the Orient Express seems to have concluded that hateful financier Ratchett (Richard Widmark) was behind the abduction and murder of the infant daughter of a famed aviatrix. Thus, when Ratchett is himself found murdered, everyone is suspect. Normally, the police would handle the investigation, but the train has been stalled by a snowslide halfway between Istanbul and Paris. Thus, it's up to the insufferable but brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (an unrecognizable Albert Finney) to activate his "little grey cells" and determine who's guilty. Among the suspects are colorful characters played by Lauren Bacall, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Wendy Hiller, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, and Ingrid Bergman, whose performance won her a third Academy Award. (In her acceptance speech, Bergman apologized for her win, insisting that Day for Night's Valentina Cortese deserved the prize.) The first and best in a long line of contemporary Christie adaptations, the film scores on atmosphere, period detail, and richness of characterization.

Product Details

Release Date: 01/09/2018
UPC: 0032429304278
Original Release: 1974
Rating: PG
Source: PARAMOUNT
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:07:00
Sales rank: 3,485

Special Features

Closed Caption; Agatha Christie: A Portrait; Making Murder On the Orient Express

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Albert Finney Hercule Poirot
Lauren Bacall Mrs. Hubbard
Ingrid Bergman Greta Ohlsson
Sean Connery Col. Arbuthnot
Martin Balsam Bianchi
Jacqueline Bisset Countess Andrenyi
Jean-Pierre Cassel Pierre Paul Michel
John Gielgud Beddoes
Wendy Hiller Princess Dragomiroff
Anthony Perkins Hector McQueen
Vanessa Redgrave Mary Debenham
Rachel Roberts Hildegarde Schmidt
Richard Widmark Ratchett
Michael York Count Andrenyi
Colin Blakely Dick Hardman
George Coulouris Dr. Constantine
Jeremy Lloyd A.D.C.
Vernon Dobtcheff Concierge
John Moffatt Chief Attendant
George Silver Chef
Denis Quilley Foscarelli
David De Keyser Turkish Ticket Collector
Leon Lissek Dining Car Steward
Robert Rietty Loudspeaker
Vic Tablian Hawker
Leslie Soden Turkish pianist in the hotel
Nubar Terziyan Traveling Salesman
Richard Rodney Bennett Composer

Technical Credits
Sidney Lumet Director
Paul Dehn Screenwriter
John Brabourne Producer
Richard Goodwin Producer
Agatha Christie Screenwriter
Anthony Shaffer Screenwriter
Charles Staffell Special Effects
Jonathan Bates Sound Effects
Peter Handford Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Rowe Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Jeremy Hume Sound Effects
David Stephenson Sound Effects
Lord John Brabourne Producer
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