Murder on the Orient Express

Sidney Lumet (director)
Agatha Christie (novel)
Paul Dehn (screenwriter)
Albert Finney (starring)

UK: EMI, 1974. Vintage photograph from the 1974 film, showing director Sidney Lumet hanging onto a train on location at a rail station, along with members of the cast on the platform.

Based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie, which finds her series detective Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a train, with the suspects portrayed by a who's who of Hollywood stars. Ingrid Bergman won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, and the film was nominated for five more, including Best Actor for Albert Finney and Best Adapted Screenplay. Remade in 2017, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh.

10 x 8 inches. Light crease to the upper left corner, overall Near Fine.


[Book #144955]