Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a sudden halt when a rock slide blocks the tracks ahead. And all the thrills of riding the famous train come to a halt when a man discovered dead in his compartment, stabbed nine times. The train is stranded. No one has gotten on or gotten off. That can only mean one thing: the killer is onboard, and it is up to Hercule Poirot to find him.
Alfred Molina
Hercule Poirot
Meredith Baxter
Caroline Hubbard
Tasha de Vasconcelos
Vera Rossakoff
Leslie Caron
Miss Alvarado
Amira Casar
Helena von Strauss
Nicolas Chagrin
Pierre Michel
David Hunt
Bob Arbuthnot
Adam James
William MacQueen
Dylan Smith
Tony Foscarelli
Peter Strauss
Samuel Ratchett
Murder on the Orient Express is a crime, drama, thriller, tv movie film released in 2001 exploring themes of repayment, orient express, revenge, murder, train, murder hunt. Directed by Carl Schenkel, it stars Alfred Molina, Meredith Baxter, Tasha de Vasconcelos. Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a sudden halt when a rock slide blocks the tracks ahead. And all the thrills of riding the famous train come to a halt when a man discovered dead in his compartment, stabbed nine times. The train is stranded. No one has gotten on or gotten off. That can only mean one thing: the killer is onboard, and it is up to Hercule Poirot to find him.
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