Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film

Country

United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 1,591 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Belgian detective investigates the murder of an American businessman aboard a luxury train. He interviews a train car full of passengers, each with secrets and motives.

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What happens

Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet, produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. The film has an all-star cast, and features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney), who is asked by a railway director (Martin Balsam) to investigate the murder of an American business tycoon (Richard Widmark) aboard the Orient Express train. The various suspects are portrayed by Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Rachel Roberts, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins, Denis Quilley, Colin Blakely, and Wendy Hiller. The screenplay is by Paul Dehn. The film was a commercial and critical success. Bergman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the film received five other nominations at the 47th Academy Awards: Best Actor (Finney), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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