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Release Date: 1974

Cast: Wendy Hiller, Jacqueline Bisset, Colin Blakely, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Anthony Perkins, Rachel Roberts, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, John Gielgud, Sean Connery, Jean-Pierre Cassel ...MORE

Cast: Wendy Hiller, Jacqueline Bisset, Colin Blakely, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Anthony Perkins, Rachel Roberts, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, John Gielgud, Sean Connery, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Denis Quilley, Richard Widmark, George Coulouris, Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman ...LESS

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Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, and based on the 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. The film (and book) features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Albert Finney stars as Poirot, who is asked by his friend Bianchi (Martin Balsam), a train company director, to investigate the murder of an American business tycoon, Mr. Ratchett (Richard Widmark), aboard a train with an all-star cast of suspects, including Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman (delivering an Oscar-winning... MORE

Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, and based on the 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. The film (and book) features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Albert Finney stars as Poirot, who is asked by his friend Bianchi (Martin Balsam), a train company director, to investigate the murder of an American business tycoon, Mr. Ratchett (Richard Widmark), aboard a train with an all-star cast of suspects, including Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman (delivering an Oscar-winning performance), Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York and Anthony Perkins. The screenplay was penned by Paul Dehn and an uncredited Anthony Shaffer. The film's tagline was: "The greatest cast of suspicious characters ever involved in murder." Richard Rodney Bennett's memorable Orient Express theme has been reworked into an orchestral suite and performed and recorded several times. It was performed on the original soundtrack album by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden under Marcus Dods. The piano soloist was the composer himself. Having sorted a matter out in the LESS