Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Having concluded a case, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) settles into what he expects will be a relaxing journey home aboard the Orient Express. But his train is stopped by deep snow, and he is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
25 August 1930, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1 October 1903, Manchester, England, UK
15 August 1912, Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK
24 September 1922, Badby, Daventry, England, UK
4 November 1919, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
30 January 1937, Greenwich, London, England, UK
13 September 1944, Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK
26 December 1927, Islington, London, England, UK
16 September 1924, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
27 October 1932, Paris, France
26 December 1914, Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
14 November 1916, London, England, UK
September 22, 2004
The real knockout performance comes from Finney, deservedly nominated for an eccentric turn that's unlike anything else he's ever attempted.
February 12, 2003
Much of the film truly does belong to Finney's Poirot -- and to his scenes with Martin Balsam and George Colouris --all of which are endlessly entertaining and fascinating.
February 13, 2007
Top heavy with suspects but low on thrills.
January 15, 2005
Only Finney goes to extra length here to play the finicky Poirot, though for some reason Bergman was singled out for an Academy Award.
May 03, 2011
The major fun in watching Sidney Lumet's glitzy version of Agatha Christie is spotting the stars and observing their accents and eccentricties
November 05, 2004
Though the ending's pretty obvious, even for those who haven't read the book, you can't deny the power of this cast.
April 03, 2005
All-star murder-mystery fun.
July 16, 2003
Lumet pulls off an incredible adaptation of a marvelous book.
June 20, 2015
I'm as fond of "production values" as the next fellow, maybe fonder, but I don't wish to be force-fed them by a soulless dietitian who knows what I as a consumer ought to want.
