Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Directed by Carl Schenkel

Produced by CBS Drama, Agatha Christie

2001100 min6.1 / 10

A classic locked-room murder mystery aboard a stranded luxury train, driven by intellectual puzzle-solving and the tension of a killer hidden among confined suspects.

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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  • Is Murder on the Orient Express sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Murder on the Orient Express scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Does Murder on the Orient Express end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Murder on the Orient Express violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Murder on the Orient Express easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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