Afternoon Film: Murder on the Orient Express

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Crandall Public Library
Christine L. McDonald Community Room

Event Details

(UK, 1974, 128 min., color, DVD, PG) Starring Albert Finney and Lauren Bacall Like many of Agatha Christie's mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express is predicated on an actual event, in this case the Lindbergh kidnapping. In the movie, everyone on board the Orient Express seems to have concluded that hateful financier Ratchett was behind the abduction and murder of the infant daughter of a famed aviatrix. Thus, when Ratchett is himself found murdered, everyone is suspect. Normally, the police would handle the investigation, but the train has been stalled by a snowslide halfway between Istanbul and Paris. Thus, it's up to the insufferable but brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to activate his "little grey cells" and determine who's guilty. Among the suspects are colorful characters played by Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Wendy Hiller, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, and Ingrid Bergman, whose performance won her a third Academy Award. –Rottentomatoes.com "Albert Finney and a monstrously large cast of names give the show a lot of class and charm.” Variety, 12/31/1973 This film highlights our September fundraiser, Gala Noir: a Murderous Affair
Event Type(s): Film Program
Age Group(s): Adults