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The Mystery of the Blue Train (2005)

The Mystery of the Blue Train poster
Directed by
Hettie MacDonald
Genre
detective film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates the murder of an American heiress aboard a famous luxury train. He must sort through a cast of wealthy passengers to find the killer.

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What happens

The Mystery of the Blue Train is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by William Collins & Sons on 29 March 1928 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. The book features her detective Hercule Poirot. The novel concerns the murder of an American heiress on Le Train Bleu, the titular "Blue Train". The novel entered the public domain in the United States in 2024; however, it will still be copyrighted in the United Kingdom until 1 January 2047, 70 years after the death of Agatha Christie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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