Murder on the Orient Express
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Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous trains Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionarie before the local police arrive.
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Title on container: Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
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Imprint:
Hollywood, Calif. - Paramount
Edition:
Widescreen ed
ISBN:
0792198247
Language:
English and
French
Other language:
[In English; also dubbed into French, Closed-captioned]
Credits:
Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; screenplay, Paul Dehn ; music, Richard Rodney Bennett.
Performers:
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam ... [et al.].
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DVD
Original production: c1974
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie
Includes special features
Original production: c1974
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie
Includes special features
Statement of responsibility:
Nat Cohen presents for EMI Film distributors Ltd. ; a John Brabourne Richard Coodwin production ; produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin ; directed by Sidney Lumet
Characteristics:
1 videodisc (ca. 127 min.) :,sd., col. ;,4 3/4 in.
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Add a CommentThis delightful Agatha Christie mystery was well interpreted by director Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Serpico, etc.). Set in 1935, the story is centered around, and reminiscent of, a Lindbergh style kidnapping. With a slow start, it revs up towards the end with a terrific (aging) international cast. Although Albert Finney dominates the role of the all-knowing Bulgarian Detective Poirot masterfully, Ingrid Bergman surprisingly won an Oscar as the timid, admittedly dim-witted missionary. Lauren Bacall is perfectly suited as the complaining, bitchy American woman, and Anthony Perkins was a natural at being strange and twitchy (e.g. Norman Bates). Sean Connery was born for the macho British officer gig (even though he's Scottish), as was John Gielgud for the prim & proper butler role. Jacqueline Bisset was at her prime as eye candy. A murdered millionaire (with a secret), a Russian princess with her neo-Nazi maid, and an Italian car salesman from Chicago. Although the ending was preposterous and somewhat disappointing, I found this movie charming and definitely entertaining. The warm wooden interior of the train stuck in the snow gave it a cozy atmosphere for a view on a rainy Sunday afternoon.