Murder on the Orient Express
Detective Hercule Poirot races against a snowbound night to unmask a cunning murderer aboard the luxurious Orient Express, where every passenger is a suspect and the clock ticks toward another deadly strike.
“The who's who in the whodunnit!”
Synopsis
In 1935, when his train is halted by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve a murder that took place in his car the previous night.
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A crew of 92+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Anne V CoatesShot by Geoffrey UnsworthScored by Richard Rodney BennettDesigned by Tony Walton
Box Office
1974 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 26× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$35.7M
Also known as
- Mord im Orient-Expressde
- Mord im Orient-Expreßde
- Mord im Orientexpressde
- Murder on the Orient Expressen
- Asesinato en el Orient Expresses
- Le crime de l'Orient-Expressfr
- Assassinio sull'Orient Expressit
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Cast & Crew
92 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Albert Finney
as Hercule Poirot
Lauren Bacall
as Mrs. Harriet Hubbard
Ingrid Bergman
as Greta Ohlsson
Martin Balsam
as Bianchi
Sean Connery
as Col. Arbuthnot
Jacqueline Bisset
as Countess Elena Andrenyi
Jean Pierre Cassel
as Pierre Paul Michel
John Gielgud
as Beddoes
Wendy Hiller
as Princess Natalia Dragomiroff
Anthony Perkins
as Hector McQueen
Anthony Perkins Nm0000578
as Hector McQueen
Vanessa Redgrave
as Mary Debenham
Supporting cast
19Rachel Roberts Nm0731499
as Hildegarde Schmidt
Richard Widmark
as Ratchett
Michael York
as Count Andrenyi
Colin Blakely
as Hardman
George Coulouris
as Doctor Constantine
Denis Quilley
as Antonio Foscarelli
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Concierge
Jeremy Lloyd
as A.D.C.
John Moffatt
as Chief Attendant
Andrew Andreas
as Waiter
Vic Chapman
as Reporter
David De Keyser
as Turkish Ticket Collector
Yavuz Karakas
as Fisherman
Leon Lissek
as Dining Car Steward
Robert Rietty
as Loudspeaker
George Silver
as Chef
Leslie Soden
as Turkish Pianist in Hotel
Vic Tablian
as Hawker
Nubar Terziyan
as Traveling Salesman
Directors
1Writers
3Producers
2Other crew
56Jack Stephens
Art Director
Simon Holland
assistant art director (uncredited)
Cedric James
assistant camera (uncredited)
Jeremy Hume
assistant dialogue editor (uncredited)
Richard Jenkins
assistant director (uncredited)
Richard Hiscott
assistant editor
Robin Grantham
assistant makeup artist
David Stephenson
boom operator (uncredited)
Peter Macdonald
camera operator (as Peter Macdonald)
Dyson Lovell
Casting Director (uncredited)
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cinematographer, photographed by
Richard Rodney Bennett
Composer, musician: piano / orchestrator
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