Murder on the Orient Express
The first class compartment of the December 1935 departure of the Orient Express from Istanbul is full, unusual for this time of the year. Regardless, famed and fastidious Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, who needs to get back to London immediately, is able to secure last minute passage in the compartment with the assistance of his friend, Signor Bianchi, one of the directors of the train line who is also making the trip. Some of the first class passengers seem concerned about Poirot's presence on the train. At least one of them has reason to be concerned, as later, another first class passenger, who earlier in the trip asked Poirot to provide protection for him due to several death threats, is found murdered in his stateroom by multiple stabbings. At the time the victim is found, the train is unexpectedly stopped and delayed due to snow in remote Yugoslavia, which may be problematic for the murderer in getting away now that Poirot is on the case, which he is doing as a favor to Bianchi as not to get the Yugoslav police involved. Poirot quickly learns that the victim was not who he presented himself to be and has a connection to a five-year-old American kidnapping and murder case of infant Daisy Armstrong, murdered in spite of the fact that her parents had paid the requested ransom. The murderer in that case has long been convicted and executed but the ransom moneys were never recovered, a known accomplice never captured, and both the Armstrong parents have since tragically died. As Poirot questions the train's valet, the victim's accompanying staff, and the other primarily well off first class passengers and their accompanying servants, who are all on the surface more than cooperative, he finds that many had opportunity and motive, the latter which may not be obvious. There is also a great deal of evidence discovered on the train, which pulls his thoughts in many directions. These pieces of information may complicate the deduction of who is the murderer.
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IMDb (7.3/10) | Rotten Tomatoes (90%)
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery
DirectorsSidney Lumet
ActorsAlbert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman
Plot SummaryIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.
Note from EncoderEncoded from the recent Paramount Pictures Blu-Ray which is superior to my previous encode from Studio Canal's Vintage Classics series. Included extras from both Blu-Rays.
Mediainfo wrote:General
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Duration : 2 h 7 min
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Chapters
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:05:37.003 : en:Chapter 02
00:12:17.820 : en:Chapter 03
00:22:02.321 : en:Chapter 04
00:29:41.946 : en:Chapter 05
00:35:48.229 : en:Chapter 06
00:49:28.298 : en:Chapter 07
00:59:41.953 : en:Chapter 08
01:07:27.585 : en:Chapter 09
01:10:39.693 : en:Chapter 10
01:20:00.337 : en:Chapter 11
01:29:05.798 : en:Chapter 12
01:32:38.344 : en:Chapter 13
01:33:54.629 : en:Chapter 14
01:51:38.525 : en:Chapter 15
02:02:45.900 : en:Chapter 16
02:05:31.357 : en:Chapter 17
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Paramount (1080p BluRay x265 HEVC 10bit AAC 5.1 afm72)
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