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Christie, the uncrowned queen of criminal detective novels, wrote Murder
on the Orient Express in which a dozen characters are trapped in a train
while rails are blocked-up with snow. The night before the train
gets stuck in the snow, a man is murdered on the luxurious train. The
murder leads to several questions that Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) has
to face as he becomes the lead investigator. The major question is
who onboard the train murdered the man and why?
Sidney Lumet adapts the famous book by Christie with a dozen skilled cinematic stars including Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, and Anthony Hopkins to name a few. The infamous starlet Ingrid Bergman received an Oscar for the part of a Swedish missionary in the film. Lumet creates a thick atmosphere with dubious intrigue through experienced directing of the cast, sublime mise-en-scene, and skillful cinematography. This ends up being a good cinematic experience as the cast performs brilliantly, which keeps the audience guessing until the final scene. |
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