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This 1974 film is the first [[TheFilmOfTheBook big-screen adaptation]] of Dame Creator/AgathaChristie's mystery novel ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'', directed by Creator/SidneyLumet and featuring an AllStarCast headed by Creator/AlbertFinney as Franchise/HerculePoirot.
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This 1974 film is the first [[TheFilmOfTheBook big-screen adaptation]] of Dame Creator/AgathaChristie's mystery novel ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'', directed by Creator/SidneyLumet and featuring an international AllStarCast headed led by Creator/AlbertFinney as Franchise/HerculePoirot.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Pierre effortlessly switches between English, Russian, German, Swedish, Hungarian, and Italian - in one scene. Presumably he is also fluent in his native French. TruthInTelevision for Wagons-Lits staff; to even be considered for a job one had to be fluent in at least three languages.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Pierre effortlessly switches between English, Russian, German, Swedish, Hungarian, and Italian - – in one scene. Presumably he is also fluent in his native French. TruthInTelevision for Wagons-Lits staff; to even be considered for a job one had to be fluent in at least three languages.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The change of Cassetti's fate from being caught but acquitted, to him just fleeing the country before he could be arrested and betraying his partner, who only admitted Cassetti's involvement on the eve of his execution.
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A murder happens aboard the ''Orient Express'', shortly after the train is [[SnowedIn forced to stop due to heavy snow blocking the track]]. Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective who is among the passengers, starts unravelling the mystery, and comes to learn that [[EveryoneIsASuspect everyone's a suspect]].
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A murder happens aboard the ''Orient Express'', ''OrientExpress'', shortly after the train is [[SnowedIn forced to stop due to heavy snow blocking the track]]. Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective who is among the passengers, starts unravelling the mystery, and comes to learn that [[EveryoneIsASuspect everyone's a suspect]].
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Also in the cast are Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/MartinBalsam, Creator/IngridBergman, Creator/JacquelineBisset, Creator/JeanPierreCassel, Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/JohnGielgud, Creator/WendyHiller, Creator/AnthonyPerkins, Creator/VanessaRedgrave, Creator/RichardWidmark, and Creator/MichaelYork among others.
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This 1974 film is the first [[TheFilmOfTheBook big-screen adaptation]] of Dame Creator/AgathaChristie's mystery novel ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'', directed by Creator/SidneyLumet and featuring an AllStarCast headed by Creator/AlbertFinney as Literature/HerculePoirot.
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This 1974 film is the first [[TheFilmOfTheBook big-screen adaptation]] of Dame Creator/AgathaChristie's mystery novel ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'', directed by Creator/SidneyLumet and featuring an AllStarCast headed by Creator/AlbertFinney as Literature/HerculePoirot.
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Original spoiler redacted the 's' in 'killers' which didn't conceal anything as there was only one word it could possibly be.
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* LetOffByTheDetective: Poirot allows the killer[[spoiler:s]] to go free because the murder victim had hurt [[spoiler: all of the people who committed the murder]] with his own crimes.
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* LetOffByTheDetective: Poirot allows the killer[[spoiler:s]] [[spoiler:the killers]] to go free because the murder victim had hurt [[spoiler: all of the people who committed the murder]] with his own crimes.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the original novel, [[spoiler:Poirot rather cavalierly lets the murderers go free, but in the film, he only does so after an immense amount of soul-searching. Even then it is clear from his expression that he is not sure if he has done the right thing.]]
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the original novel, [[spoiler:Poirot rather cavalierly lets the murderers go free, but in the film, he only does so after an immense amount of soul-searching. Even then then, it is clear from his expression that he is not sure if he has done the right thing.]]
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Joining Finney in the cast are Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/IngridBergman, Creator/JacquelineBisset, Creator/JeanPierreCassel, Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/JohnGielgud, Creator/WendyHiller, Creator/AnthonyPerkins, Creator/VanessaRedgrave, Creator/RichardWidmark, and Creator/MichaelYork among others.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole:
** The change of Cassetti's fate from being caught but acquitted, to him just fleeing the country before he could be arrested and betraying his partner, who only admitted Cassetti's involvement on the eve of his execution.
** The change of Cassetti's fate from being caught but acquitted, to him just fleeing the country before he could be arrested and betraying his partner, who only admitted Cassetti's involvement on the eve of his execution.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole:
**AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The change of Cassetti's fate from being caught but acquitted, to him just fleeing the country before he could be arrested and betraying his partner, who only admitted Cassetti's involvement on the eve of his execution.
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** The change of Cassetti’s fate from being caught but acquitted, to him just fleeing the country before he could be arrested and betrayed his partner, who only admitted Cassetti's involvement on the eve of his execution.
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** The change of Cassetti’s Cassetti's fate from being caught but acquitted, to him just fleeing the country before he could be arrested and betrayed betraying his partner, who only admitted Cassetti's involvement on the eve of his execution.
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** The valet/butler is named Masterman in the novel, but is changed to Beddoes in the film. Also, the French maid who killed herself after being falsely implicated was named Susanne in the novel, but Paulette in the movie.
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** The valet/butler is named Masterman in the novel, novel but is changed to Beddoes in the film. Also, the French maid who killed herself after being falsely implicated was named Susanne in the novel, but Paulette in the movie.
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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Ratchett/Cassetti has made his fortune by kidnapping a child for ransom and then killing her. When asked by a yet clueless Poirot what his business was before retirement, his reply is "baby food". Also when Mrs. Hubbard accidentally walks in his cabin, he crassly lets her know that he would have asked her to stay, were she twenty years younger. [[spoiler:This is part of the conspirators' plan to throw Poirot off]].
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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Ratchett/Cassetti has made his fortune by kidnapping a child for ransom and then killing her. When asked by a yet clueless Poirot what his business was before retirement, his reply is "baby food". Also when Mrs. Hubbard accidentally walks in into his cabin, he crassly lets her know that he would have asked her to stay, were she twenty years younger. [[spoiler:This is part of the conspirators' plan to throw Poirot off]].
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* Omniglot: Pierre effortlessly switches between English, Russian, German, Swedish, Hungarian, and Italian - in one scene. Presumably he is also fluent in his native French. TruthInTelevision for Wagons-Lits staff; to even be considered for a job one had to be fluent in at least three languages.
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* SlippingAMickey: It turns out Ratchett was drugged so he could be easily taken out. The drug was placed in the valerian which he drunk before sleep.
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* SlippingAMickey: It turns out Ratchett was drugged so he could be easily taken out. The drug was placed in the valerian which he drunk drank before sleep.
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* SpinningPaper: The prologue sequence, designed by Creator/RichardWilliams' studio, features a montage of spinning and fading newspapers chonicling the kidnapping, and eventual murder, of Baby Daisy Armstrong.
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* SpinningPaper: The prologue sequence, designed by Creator/RichardWilliams' studio, features a montage of spinning and fading newspapers chonicling chronicling the kidnapping, and eventual murder, of Baby Daisy Armstrong.
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* Omniglot: Pierre effortlessly switches between English, Russian, German, Swedish, Hungarian, and Italian - in one scene. Presumably he is also fluent in his native French. TruthInTelevision for Wagons-Lits staff; to even be considered for a job one had to be fluent in at least three languages.
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* SelfDeprication: Princess Dragomiroff informs Poirot that she has to give up listening to her maid read of his investigations as they keep her awake, depriving her of her "beauty sleep".
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* SelfDeprication: SelfDeprecation: Princess Dragomiroff informs Poirot that she has to give up listening to her maid read of his investigations as they keep her awake, depriving her of her "beauty sleep".
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* SelfDeprication: Princess Dragomiroff informs Poirot that she has to give up listening to her maid read of his investigations as they keep her awake, depriving her of her "beauty sleep".
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* TheOner: Poirot's interrogation of Greta is shot in one continuous, five-minute take.
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** The titular train's departure is shot in one take, from a crew member walking down the platform to the engine through to the tail lamp disappearing into the distance.
** Poirot's interrogation of Greta is shot in one continuous, five-minutetake.take.
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** As Poirot put it, there were "too many clues" in Ratchett's room, cluing him in that some evidence was planted.
** Inversely, as he learns [[spoiler:more and more of the passengers have a connection to the Armstrong family, he realizes that they were in on it together]].
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** Poirot's interrogation of Greta is shot in one continuous, five-minute
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** As Poirot put it, there were "too many clues" in Ratchett's room, cluing him in that some evidence was planted.
** Inversely, as he learns [[spoiler:more and more of the passengers have a connection to the Armstrong family, he realizes that they were in on it together]].
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* SceneryPorn: While most of the action naturally takes place aboard the train (which was created on sets at Elstree Studios in London), cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth still managed to get in some truly spectacular French and Turkish location footage for a few exterior scenes.
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* CondensationClue: Used by Poirot to ''explain'' a clue, as he writes the symbol "H" on a fogged-up windowpane as he reveals the true meaning of the handkerchief initial.
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* RunningGag: After each suspect Poirot interviews, Bianchi is sure that they have found the killer. [[spoiler:Turns out he's right, since everyone was in on it.]]
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* RunningGag: After each suspect Poirot interviews, Bianchi is sure that they have found the killer. [[spoiler:Turns out he's right, since everyone was in on it.]]it]].
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* RunningGag: After each interview, Bianchi is sure they have found the killer. [[spoiler:Turns out he's right.]]
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* RunningGag: After each interview, suspect Poirot interviews, Bianchi is sure that they have found the killer. [[spoiler:Turns out he's right.right, since everyone was in on it.]]
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* RunningGag: After each interview, Bianchi is sure they have found the killer. [[spoiler:Turns out he's not wrong.]]
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* RunningGag: After each interview, Bianchi is sure they have found the killer. [[spoiler:Turns out he's not wrong.right.]]
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* RunningGag: After each interview, Bianchi is sure they have found the killer. [[spoiler:He wasn't wrong though]].
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* RunningGag: After each interview, Bianchi is sure they have found the killer. [[spoiler:He wasn't wrong though]].[[spoiler:Turns out he's not wrong.]]
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* StopBeingStereotypical: PlayedForDrama. Bianchi, an Italian man, felt tremendous shame over seeing Casetti, another Italian man, commit such a vile crime.
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* StopBeingStereotypical: PlayedForDrama. Bianchi, an Italian man, felt feels tremendous shame over seeing Casetti, another Italian man, commit having committed such a vile crime.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The plan was actually very well planned out and meticulous. Too bad the killer could never count on A) a world-class detective boarding at the last minute and B) an avalanche stranding the train right after the killing, giving said detective a chance to piece it all together.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The plan murder was actually very well planned out and meticulous. Too bad the killer could never count have counted on A) a world-class detective boarding at the last minute and B) an avalanche stranding the train right after the killing, giving said detective a chance enough time to piece it all together.
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** The Italian Mr. Bianchi was a Frenchman named Bouc in the novel.
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** The Italian Mr. director Signor Bianchi was a Frenchman Belgian director named Monsieur Bouc in the novel.novel (who ironically was prejudiced towards Italians).
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* AdaptationalNationality/[[AdaptationNameChange Name Change]]: The Italian Mr. Bianchi was a Frenchman named Bouc in the novel.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/DeathOnTheNile1978''.
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* SpinningPaper: The prologue sequence, designed by Creator/RichardWilliams' studio, features a montage of spinning and fading newspapers chronicling the kidnapping, and eventual murder, of Baby Daisy Armstrong.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/DeathOnTheNile1978''.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/DeathOnTheNile1978''.
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** This isn't the first time that Creator/SeanConnery has [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove run into trouble on the Orient Express]].
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** This isn't the first time that film where Creator/SeanConnery has [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove run into trouble on the Orient Express]].
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** [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove This isn't the first time Sean Connery has had trouble on the Orient Express]].
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** [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove This isn't the first time Sean Connery that Creator/SeanConnery has had [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove run into trouble on the Orient Express]].
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: Everything [[spoiler:Princess Natalia Dragomiroff]] says to Hercule Poirot. They had to lie to throw him off the trail, but honor dictated they couldn't do it outright so they "merely" gave the nearest equivalent answer. For example; Mr. Whitehead became Mr. Snowpeak.
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: Everything [[spoiler:Princess Natalia Dragomiroff]] says to Hercule Poirot. They had to lie to throw him off the trail, but honor dictated they couldn't do it outright so they "merely" gave the nearest equivalent answer. For example; Mr. Whitehead became Mr. Snowpeak. Poirot, being Poirot, wasn't fooled for a minute.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Ratchett describes his "business" to Poirot [[spoiler: taking babies hostage for ransom and killing them]] as "baby food".
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* {{Necrocam}}: During Poirot's summation we get visuals of what he thought happened in the night of the murder.
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* MoneyIsNotPower: Ratchett[=/=]Cassetti tries paying Poirot thousands of dollars to find the person sending him death threats. Poirot senses the man is trouble, but he diplomatically states he is rich enough that only takes cases that interest him, and he doesn't have any interest in the case.
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* OhCrap: Pierre, the conductor, has one when he sees the famous detective boarding the train.
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* TranquilFury: Michel enters this mode when he lays his eyes on Ratchett. He maintains his composure, but his eyes harden a bit and his voice gets stiff. [[spoiler: Considering Ratchett drove his daughter to suicide, [[PapaWolf you can't really blame him]] ]].
