Murder On The Orient Express (1974)

Elegant, escapist entertainment at its stylishly European best. This Aga tha Christie whodunit boasts an incredible international cas t as some o f the most wonderfully eccentric characters ever created. Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for her slightly dim-witted, Bible- quoting Swedish missio nary. Albert Finney is the dapper detective Hercule Poirot, for whom mur der-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. Poirot agrees to inter view all aboard the famous train’s Calais coach, hoping to find the kill er of an American millionai re before the local police arrive. Packed wi th sparkling dialogue and visually rich in texture, this incomparable th riller received six Academy Award nominations.