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Murder on the Orient Express (2001)

Murder on the Orient Express poster
Directed by
Carl Schenkel
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder on a luxury train. The suspects are all passengers who may have had a motive to kill the victim.

mysterioussuspensefulmethodicaltenseinquisitiveclassic-mysteryclaustrophobicslow-burn

What happens

Murder on the Orient Express is a 2001 made-for-television mystery film directed by Carl Schenkel based on the 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot. This version is set in the present day and has a smaller cast than the novel. The screenplay was written by Stephen Harrigan and the original music score was composed by Christopher Franke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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