Murder on the Orient Express

The best Agatha Christie adaptation bar none was an atypical journey for director Sidney Lumet and features an incredible all-star cast.

  • Director

    Sidney Lumet

  • With

    Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery

  • UK 1974. 131min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

You may know the ‘solution’ to this famous Agatha Christie mystery, but Lumet’s virtuoso filmmaking will quickly pull you under its macabre yet cosy spell. Finney’s mesmerising Poirot dominates at the centre of an ensemble of legendary stars, each of whom makes a memorable contribution. It’s one of the few Christie adaptations prepared to accommodate the darkness often lurking in her vision.

The screening of Murder on the Orient Express on Sunday 26 July will include an introduction with writer Sophie Hannah, hosted by writer and season curator Kazuo Ishiguro.