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About the Film

Year

1974

Rating

PG

Genre

Drama

Running Time

127 MIN

Synopsis

Elegant, escapist entertainment at its stylishly European best. This Agatha Christie whodunit boasts an incredible international cast as some of the most wonderfully eccentric characters ever created. Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for her slightly dim-witted, Bible-quoting Swedish missionary. Albert Finney is the dapper detective Hercule Poirot, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive. Packed with sparkling dialogue and visually rich in texture, this incomparable thriller received six Academy Award nominations.

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Albert Finney

Hercule Poirot

Lauren Bacall

Mrs. Hubbard

Martin Balsam

Bianchi

Ingrid Bergman

Greta

Jacqueline Bisset

Countess Andrenyi

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Pierre

Sean Connery

Col. Arbuthnot

John Gielgud

Beddoes

Wendy Hiller

Princess Dragomiroff

Anthony Perkins

McQueen

Vanessa Redgrave

Mary Debenham

Rachel Roberts

Hildegarde Schmidt

Richard Widmark

Ratchett

Michael York

Count Andrenyi

George Silver

Chef

About the Crew

Director

Sidney Lumet

Producer

John Brabourne

Producer

Richard Goodwin

Based on Novel By

Agatha Christie

Writer

Paul Dehn

Music Scoring

Richard Bennett