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Murder on the Orient Express
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Synopsis
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

Cast

Lauren Bacall Mrs. Hubbard
Martin Balsam Bianchi
Ingrid Bergman Greta
Jacqueline Bisset Countess Andrenyi
Sean Connery Col. Arbuthnot
Albert Finney Hercule Poirot
Vanessa Redgrave Mary Debenham
Richard Widmark Ratchett

Production Crew

Jack Stephens Art Director
Agatha Christie Book Author
Geoffrey Unsworth Cinematographer
Richard Rodney Bennett Composer (Music Score)
Tony Walton Costume Designer
Sidney Lumet Director
John Siddall Draftsman
Anne V. Coates Editor
Ted Sturgis First Assistant Director
Marcus Dods Musical Direction/Supervision
Lord John Brabourne Producer
Richard Goodwin Producer
Tony Walton Production Designer
Paul Dehn Screenwriter
Bill Rowe Sound/Sound Designer
Peter Handford Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1974
Runtime: 127
Country: UK
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature

Genre
Mystery

Produced by
Paramount

Awards
1974 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1974 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1974 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1974 - Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Television