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 .. Read more
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, Rachel Roberts, John Gielgud |
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| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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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, Martin Balsam, 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.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, Rachel Roberts, John Gielgud, Michael York, Ingrid Bergman, Wendy Hiller, Martin Balsam, Richard Widmark, Anthony Perkins, Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jacqueline Bisset, Lauren Bacall |
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| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Studio | ELEVATION SALES |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1974 To Rent: DVD: 16 Jun 2003 |
Reasonably elegant but disappointingly slackly-handled version of a classic mystery novel. Finney overacts and his all-star support is distracting, while as soon as the train chugs into its snowdrift the film stops moving too, without even a dramatic 'cur
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Superb rendition of Christie's locomotive thriller!
A 'businessman' (Widmark) who turns out to be the famous Daisy Armstrong murderer is stabbed a dozen times whilst travelling on the world's most ... read more »
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Good film, poor copy.
Not a masterpiece, but good entertainment, even if one knows the plot! DVD might have been made from a worn original film. The colours were dull, and it was a ... read more »
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Murder of the Orient Express
Typical of those awful 70's films when loads of stars are shoehorned into a film with nothing going for it; every cliche box is ticked and actors you expect... read more »
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Murder on the Orient Express
One of the least-satisfying Christie stories, with an untidy ending.
Albert Finney's characterisation of Poirot was awful!
He was made... read more »
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