Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)

Murder on the Orient Express
Original British quad format film poster
Directed by	Sidney Lumet
Screenplay by	Paul Dehn
Based on	Murder on the Orient Express 1934 novel by Agatha Christie
Produced by	John Brabourne Richard Goodwin
Starring	Lauren Bacall Martin Balsam Ingrid Bergman Jacqueline Bisset Jean-Pierre Cassel Sean Connery Albert Finney John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Anthony Perkins Vanessa Redgrave Rachel Roberts Richard Widmark Michael York George Coulouris Denis Quilley Colin Blakely
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by	Anne V. Coates
Music by	Richard Rodney Bennett
Production companies	G.W. Films Limited EMI Films
Distributed by	Anglo-EMI Film Distributors
Release date	21 November 1974 (1974-11-21) (UK)
Running time	128 minutes[1]
Country	United Kingdom[2]
Language	English
Budget	£554,100 ($1.4 million)[3][dubious – discuss]
Box office	$37.7 million[4]

Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet, produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie.

The film features the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney), who is asked to investigate the murder of an American business tycoon aboard the Orient Express train. The suspects are portrayed by an all-star cast, including Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Rachel Roberts, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins, Richard Widmark and Wendy Hiller. The screenplay is by Paul Dehn.

The film was a commercial and critical success. Bergman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the film received five other nominations at the 47th Academy Awards: Best Actor (Finney), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design.