Murder on the Orient Express

DVD 1974

Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When a murder occurs aboard the Orient Express, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive.

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Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Film adaptations

Murder Investigation Drama

Orient Express (Express train) Drama

Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) Drama

Private investigators Drama

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Detective and mystery films Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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ISBN:

9780792198246

Description:

1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
mixed
Dolby digital 5.1
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CVHR: PG

Other Title:

Title on container: Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express [DVD]
Murder on the Orient Express (Motion picture : 1974)

Notes:

Special features: Agatha Christie: a portrait; 4 part series: making 'Murder on the Orient Express', All aboard, The ride, The passengers, The end of the line; theatrical trailer
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie
Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music composer, Richard Rodney Bennett ; costume designer, Tony Walton ; production designer, Tony Walton
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York
DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
Soundtrack in English and French; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

927715

UPC:

032429273819
032429304285
097360879049
097360879087

Other Authors:

Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014
Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996
Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982
Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944-
Brabourne, John
Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. Murder on the Orient Express
Connery, Sean
Dehn, Paul, 1912-1976
Finney, Albert, 1936-2019
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
Goodwin, Robert (Medium)
Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011
Paramount Pictures Corporation

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