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1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1974
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous trains Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionarie before the local police arrive
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie
Special features: Agatha Christie: a portrait; 4 part series: making 'Murder on the Orient Express', All aboard, The ride, The passengers, The end of the line; theatrical trailer
Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music composer, Richard Rodney Bennett ; costume designer, Tony Walton ; production designer, Tony Walton
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York
MPAA rating: PG; some materials may not be suitable for children
DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
Soundtrack in English and French; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired