Murder on the Orient Express

1974, dir Sidney Lumet w/Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Martin Balsam, Jacquline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Michael York, 128 min, DCP

The film that kicked off the great all-star Agatha Christie adaptation wave of the 1970s (and is a direct inspiration on Knives Out), MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS features Albert Finney as Christie’s famous eccentric detective, Hercule Poirot as he finds himself trapped on a snow bound Orient Express with a murdered man and a trainful of suspects.