Murder on the Orient Express Movie Review 1974

An Agatha Christie mystery lavishly produced with an all-star cast. In 1934, a trainful of suspects and one murder victim make the trip from Istanbul to Calais especially interesting. Super-sleuth Hercule Poirot sets out to solve the mystery. An entertaining whodunit, ably supported by the remarkable cast. Followed by "Death on the Nile."

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Available on VHS
Running time 128 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Trains, Historical Detectives, Books to Film: Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot

Screenplay

Paul Dehn

Cast

Albert Finney, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Richard Widmark, Anthony Perkins, John Gielgud, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Wendy Hiller, Rachel Roberts, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Colin Blakely, George Coulouris, Denis Quilley, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jeremy Lloyd

Cinematography

Geoffrey Unsworth

Director

Sidney Lumet

Music

Richard Rodney Bennett

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1974: Support. Actress (Bergman); British Acad. 1974: Support. Actor (Gielgud), Support. Actress (Bergman).