Murder on the Orient Express (1974)


Murder on the Orient Express
Release Date24 November 1974
TaglineThe greatest cast of suspicious characters ever involved in murder.
GenreCrime, Mystery, Drama, Thriller
CountryUK
Filming LocationsEMI Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
LanguageEnglish, Turkish, French, German, Italian, Swedish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassWhodunit, Detective Film, Ensemble Film
MoodSpellbinders
ThemesStar Detectives, Murder Investigations, Train Rides
TonesCerebral, Light, Deliberate, Lavish, Wry
TagsAristocrat, Avalanche, Detective, Investigation, Murder, Orient Express, Snowbound, Train [locomotive]

Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Hercule Poirot

Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard

Signor Bianchi

Greta Ohlsson

Countess Andrenyi

Pierre Paul Michel

Colonel Arbuthnot

Mr. Beddoes

Princess Dragomiroff

Hector Willard MacQueen

Mary Debenham

Hildegarde Schmidt

Mr. Ratchett

Count Andrenyi

Mr. Cyrus Hardman

Dr. Constantine

Antonio Foscarelli

Vernon Dobtcheff
Concierge

Jeremy Lloyd
A.D.C.

John Moffatt
Chief Attendant

David de Keyser
Turkish Ticket Collector

Leon Lissek
Dining Car Steward

Various Tannoy's

George Silver
Orient Express Chef

Director

Writer

uncredited

Paul Dehn

Anthony Shaffer
uncredited

Producer

John Brabourne
producer

Richard B. Goodwin
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Geoffrey Unsworth

Editor

Anne V. Coates
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Casting Director

Dyson Lovell
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Production Designer

Art Director

Jack Stephens
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Costume Designer

Makeup Department

Stuart Freeborn
makeup artist

Ramon Gow
hair styles supervisor

hair stylist: Ms. Bergman and Mr. Finney

John O'Gorman
makeup artist

Charles E. Parker
makeup artist

Production Manager

Jim Brennan
unit manager

Jack Causey
production manager

Louis Fleury
production manager: France

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ted Sturgis
first assistant director

Richard Jenkins
assistant director

Sound Department

Jonathan Bates
sound editor

Peter Handford
sound

Bill Rowe
sound

Jeremy Hume
assistant dialogue editor

Special Effects

Charles Staffell
process photography

Camera and Electrical Department

Peter MacDonald
camera operator

Steve Birtles
gaffer

Cedric James
assistant camera

Joe Pearce
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Brenda Dabbs
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Richard Hiscott
assistant editor

Richard Williams
montage

Music Department

Marcus Dods
conductor

Other Crew

Angela Allen
continuity

Nat Cohen
presenter

Richard Du Vivier
production associate

Norton Knatchbull
location manager

Richard Williams
title designer

Elisabeth Woodthorpe
production secretary

François Guillaume
stand-in: Anthony Perkins

Catherine O'Brien
unit publicist

Production Company

G.W. Films
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EMI Films
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Distributor

Anglo-EMI Film Distributors

Paramount Pictures

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)

Fotomat (Drive-Thru Movies) Video

Gloria

Kinowelt Home Entertainment

Lumière Home Vídeo

Paramount Home Video
,

Miscellaneous

Leonard of London
Ms. Bergman's and Mr. Finney's hair styles

Richard Williams Films
montage sequences, montage titles

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
orchestra

Wartski
princess's jewellery






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