Murder on the Orient Express
“The who's who in the whodunnit!”
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.
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Cast
24 people
Albert Finney
Hercule Poirot
Known for
Big Fish
Erin Brockovich
Martin Balsam
Signor Bianchi
Known for
12 Angry Men
Psycho
Lauren Bacall
Harriet Belinda Hubbard
Known for
Misery
The Big Sleep
Ingrid Bergman
Greta Ohlson
Known for
Casablanca
Spellbound
Sean Connery
Lt. Colonel John Arbuthnot
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Rock
Vanessa Redgrave
Mary Debenham
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Atonement
Anthony Perkins
Hector MacQueen
Known for
Psycho
The Trial
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Pierre Paul Michel
Known for
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Army of Shadows
Wendy Hiller
Prinzessin Dragomiroff
Known for
The Elephant Man
A Man for All Seasons
Richard Widmark
Mr. Ratchett
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Pickup on South Street
George Coulouris
Dr. Constantine
Known for
Citizen Kane
Papillon
Jacqueline Bisset
Countess Andrenyi
Known for
Day for Night
Bullitt
Sidney Lumet Director · Paul Dehn Screenplay Agatha Christie Author
Worldwide gross $36M · Budget $1.4M · United States release November 24, 1974
Box office
Budget
$1,400,000
Worldwide gross
$35,700,000
Gross vs. budget
25.5×
Production
EMI Films
Production
G.W. Films
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian · Swedish · Turkish
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 22, 1974
Theatrical
United States · November 24, 1974
Theatrical
Brazil
December 9, 1974 · Theatrical
April 13, 2004 · Physical · DVD/VHS Universal
China
February 26, 2016 · Digital · IQIYI
December 1, 2017 · Digital · YOUKU
January 1, 2021 · Digital · bilibili
June 14, 2024 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
October 16, 2026 · Premiere · Yangtze River Delta International Youth Film Festival
France
April 16, 1975 · Theatrical
January 11, 2016 · TV · Arte
March 8, 2026 · TV · Arte
September 26, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
Germany
November 24, 1974 · Theatrical
March 6, 1975 · Theatrical
Greece
March 6, 1975 · Theatrical
September 12, 2019 · Digital
Hong Kong SAR China
November 10, 2018 · Limited theatrical · Critics Choice 2018
Ireland
January 17, 1975 · Theatrical
Italy
December 21, 1974 · Theatrical
Japan
May 17, 1975 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 30, 1975 · Theatrical
March 2, 2002 · TV · Net 5
October 9, 2013 · Physical · Blu ray
Portugal
December 11, 1974 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 28, 1974 · Theatrical
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