In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Acting
Albert Finney's Poirot is theatrical, ridiculous, perfect
Cinematography
Geoffrey Unsworth's cramped, smoky train interiors = claustrophobic art
Costume
Tony Walton's 1930s glamour that screams old money secrets
Director
Sidney Lumet
Albert Finney
Hercule Poirot
Lauren Bacall
Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard
Martin Balsam
Signor Bianchi
Ingrid Bergman
Greta Ohlson
Sean Connery
Colonel Arbuthnot
Anthony Perkins
Hector MacQueen
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Pierre Paul Michel
Wendy Hiller
Prinzessin Dragomiroff
Vanessa Redgrave
Mary Debenham
Jacqueline Bisset
Countess Andrenyi
John Gielgud
Mr. Beddoes
Richard Widmark
Mr. Ratchett
Michael York
Count Andrenyi
Colin Blakely
Mr. Cyrus Hardman
Rachel Roberts
Hildegarde Schmidt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ingrid Bergman insisted on playing the small role of Greta Ohlson and won her third Oscar for roughly 15 minutes of screen time — the shortest performance to ever win Supporting Actress.
Lumet filmed the entire movie in a studio-built train that rocked on hydraulics, and shot in sequence so the actors' genuine cabin fever would mirror their characters' — Finney reportedly started calling the set 'the Orient Express to Hell.'
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