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Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When a murder occurs aboard the Orient Express, 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...

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Corporate Author: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Other Authors: Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, Brabourne, John, Goodwin, Richard B., 1934-, Dehn, Paul, 1912-1976, Finney, Albert, 1936-2019, Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996, Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982, Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944-, Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007, Connery, Sean, Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003, Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [2004]
Series:Widescreen DVD collection
Subjects:
Christie, Agatha, > 1890-1976 > Film adaptations.
Poirot, Hercule > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Private investigators > Drama.
Murder > Investigation > Drama.
Orient Express (Express train) > Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Detective and mystery films.
Fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
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Summary:Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When a murder occurs aboard the Orient Express, 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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie.
Widescreen format.
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.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG; some materials may not be suitable for children.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music, Richard Rodney Bennett ; costume designer, Tony Walton ; production designer, Tony Walton.
ISBN:0792198247
9780792198246
Author Notes:Lauren Bacall September 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014 Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske in Brooklyn, New York on September 16, 1924. She started modeling as a teenager and at the age of 18, appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. This cover led to her first movie, To Have and Have Not, which was released in 1944 and also starred Humphrey Bogart, who became her lover on the set. They were married on May 21, 1945. They starred in several movies together including The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Key Largo. They were married for 12 years before Bogart died of cancer in 1957.

During her lifetime, she appeared in more than 40 movies including How to Marry a Millionaire, Designing Woman, Murder on the Orient Express, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Dogville, and Manderlay. She received an honorary Academy Award in 2009 "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures" and was named a Kennedy Center Honors winner in 1997.

She also appeared on Broadway in Goodbye, Charlie and Cactus Flower. She won Tony Awards for her starring roles in Applause and Woman of the Year, which were both adapted from classic films. Her first autobiography, Lauren Bacall by Myself, won a National Book Award in 1980. Her second autobiography, Now, was published in 1994. She died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89.

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