
Murder on the Orient Express
1974 · Movie · PG · 128 min · ★ 7.1 · 76% critics
A luxury train journey is halted by heavy snow, leaving everyone stranded in close quarters. When a passenger is found murdered overnight, a sharp detective questions the travelers one by one, piecing together clues and hidden connections as tension rises in the confined cars.
Based on Murder on the Orient Express
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Details
- Years
- 1974
- Release date
- 1974-11-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (1,576 votes)
- Box office
- $35,700,000
- Budget
- $1,400,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic, puzzle-box murder mystery with lots of suspects, close-quarters tension, and steady clue-gathering like Death on the Nile; Not for you if you dislike slow builds or dialogue-driven investigations.
Pros: classic whodunit tension; star-studded ensemble; clever, intricate clues | Cons: slow early pacing; talky interview-heavy stretches; lead performance divisive
Themes
- based on novel or book
- repayment
- detective
- passenger
- investigation
- orient express
- snow
- whodunit
- train
- murder mystery
- 1930s
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1975
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1975 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1975 · nominated
Cast & crew

Albert Finney
as Hercule Poirot

Lauren Bacall
as Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard

Martin Balsam
as Signor Bianchi

Ingrid Bergman
as Greta Ohlson

Sean Connery
as Colonel Arbuthnot

Anthony Perkins
as Hector MacQueen

Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Pierre Paul Michel

Wendy Hiller
as Prinzessin Dragomiroff

Vanessa Redgrave
as Mary Debenham

Jacqueline Bisset
as Countess Andrenyi
Directed by Sidney Lumet