![]() ![]() You know something bad is going to happen. The film's score booms away as it shows numerous shots of the train barreling down the tracks. Poirot is on the case, although quite reluctantly. ![]() To make matters worse, they've found that the paranoid man has been murdered. When the express train hits an unexpected snow bank the passengers find themselves stranded. Poirot, a principled man, who takes his job seriously, he rejects the offer. An aged European princess and her handmaid, a general from Britain and his young girlfriend, a shifty-eyed conductor, an obstetrician from America, and a nervous American man with a briefcase full of cash and an extreme case of paranoia He's sure everyone on the train is out to get him, and knowing what the famous Poirot does for a living, he soon plops down a stack of money and asks for protection. The Orient Express is a melting pot of the rich and the poor, the noble and the peasant. As with any whodunit, we are given an eclectic bunch of suspects. Poirot is traveling on the Orient Express on his way back to London. 'Murder on the Orient Express' is based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name. Poirot, who refers to himself in the third person, is an eccentric detective who has gained quite a bit of fame over the years. ![]() Take the mental capacity and mystery solving finesse of Sherlock Holmes and the quirkiness of Inspector Clouseau and you have a good idea what Detective Poirot (David Suchet) is like. ![]()
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