Starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset
Directed by Sidney Lumet
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
The famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, traveling aboard the Orient Express, is called upon to solve the murder of a man also aboard, who's connected to a famed kidnapping five years earlier.
A fascinating and entertaining adaptation of Agatha Christie's famed novel, the picture is brought to life by an all-star cast in a high-class production. In addition to the famed actors listed above, there's appearances by Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Michael York, George Coulouris and more. Such a large number of famed principals, and egos on the set, can backfire on a film like this, but Finney, playing Poirot with a boisterous energy, dominates the film and maintains our interest in the mystery, despite the picture's long running time. Lumet also keeps things moving briskly, and Geoffrey Unsworth's photography is convincing in taking us back to a vintage time, as does Richard Rodney Bennett's waltz-like score. I enjoyed the film very much, and the entire cast and crew acquit themselves well.
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