Synopsis for
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) More at IMDbPro »

Agatha Christie's beloved sleuth Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) books passage on the famed Orient Express only to find himself at the center of a murder investigation. The mysterious Mr. Ratchett (Richard Widmark) is found murdered in his cabin, a victim of twelve stab wounds. It is up to Poirot to question the remaining passengers. In so doing, he discovers that, coincidentally, each of them has a personal connection to the Daisy Armstrong kidnapping and murder in the United States five years earlier. (Echoes of the Lindbergh kidnapping case of the 1930's.) Aided by his trusted friend, Signior Bianchi (Martin Balsam), Poirot begins to develop a unique theory that he ultimately shares with everyone aboard.