agatha christie's poirot murder on the orient express

His friend Bouc, director of the Simplon-route Orient Express service, arranges a bunk for him aboard the train. The obsessive-compulsive-who seeks balance in life, and considers his case-solving ability to see a lie amid truth to be a curse - wants to rest in Istanbul, but must return to London for another case. In 1934, famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solves a theft at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. A sequel titled Death on the Nile was released in 2022. The film grossed over $351 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of the cast and production values, but some criticism for the screenplay and for not adding anything new to previous adaptations. Murder on the Orient Express had its world premiere on Novemat the Royal Albert Hall in London, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2017, and in the United States on November 10, 2017, by 20th Century Fox. Principal photography began in November 2016 in the United Kingdom it is one of the few productions in recent decades to have used 65 mm film cameras. The plot follows Poirot, a world-renowned detective, as he investigates a murder on the luxury Orient Express train service in the 1930s. The film is the fourth screen adaptation of Christie's novel, following the 1974 film, a 2001 TV film version, and a 2010 episode of the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot. Based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie, the film also stars an ensemble supporting cast consisting of Tom Bateman, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daisy Ridley.

Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 mystery film directed, co-produced by, and starring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, written by Michael Green, and co-produced by Ridley Scott.

Agatha christie's poirot murder on the orient express