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.
26 December 1914, Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
25 August 1930, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
4 November 1919, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
29 August 1915, Stockholm, Sweden
1 October 1903, Manchester, England, UK
1927, London, England, UK
14 November 1916, London, England, UK
14 August 1934, Nîmes, Gard, France
9 May 1936, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
8 February 1923, Paddington, London, England, UK
23 September 1930, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
13 September 1944, Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK
26 December 1927, Islington, London, England, UK
1927, Australia
4 April 1932, New York City, New York, USA
27 March 1942, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
30 January 1937, Greenwich, London, England, UK
24 September 1922, Badby, Daventry, England, UK
15 August 1912, Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK
14 April 1904, South Kensington, London, England, UK
20 September 1927, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
16 September 1924, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
27 October 1932, Paris, France
22 July 1930, Danbury, Essex, 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 13, 2007
Top heavy with suspects but low on thrills.
April 03, 2005
All-star murder-mystery fun.
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.
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.
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.
July 16, 2003
Lumet pulls off an incredible adaptation of a marvelous book.
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.
