Murder on the Orient Express | Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall

Murder on the Orient Express | Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall | All star cast and a brilliant whodunnit

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	Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall Paramount, 1998 average customer review:based on 103 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Just the name "Orient Express" conjures images of a bygone era. Add an all-star cast (including Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Lauren Bacall, to name a few) and Agatha Christie's delicious plot and how can you go wrong? Particularly if you add in Albert Finney as Christie's delightfully persnickety sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Someone has knocked off nasty Richard Widmark on this train trip and, to Poirot's puzzlement, everyone seems to have a motive--just the setup for a terrific whodunit. Though it seems like an ensemble film, director Sidney Lumet gives each of his stars their own solo and each makes the most of it. Bergman went so far as to win an Oscar for her role. But the real scene-stealer is the ever-reliable Finney as the eccentric detective who never misses a trick. --Marshall Fine

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Timeless Classic

I've wanted this movie for my DVD collection for a long time. Its a great story and an even better representation of Agatha Christie's novel. The actors are larger than life but are rivaled by their surroundings. Its a great look back at a past era of history and movie making.

All star cast and a brilliant whodunnit

Sean Connery, Oscar winner Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Lauren Bacall, Michael York, Albert Finney...the list goes on. Set in a vintage time and place there is an unmatched opulence to the sets. Coupled with a Christie plot that has you guessing to the last and a surprise ending, this is an evening's entertainment worth adding to your video library.

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Very enjoyable

I love mysteries and I love Agatha Christie. Though not overly exciting or suspensful, this is a gem of a film. It features wonderful performances and a great favorite character of mine, Hercule Poirot. He is just a very likeable man and he kept me guessing the whole while. Its more of a character film than a true mystery, though it definitly contains that element. I read the book in school and it certainly remains loyal, I believe, to the text, which is such a rarity.

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Almost great

Why do they have to change all the character's names??? This otherwise excellent treatment of an excellent book suffers from having all the people with new names. And my ultimate Poirot will always be David Suchet, followed by Peter Ustinov and then Albert Finney. The show is saved by excellent (if somewhat overacted at times) performances. They did avoid rewriting the story. Overall, top entertainment and one of the best mystery novels to date.

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