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Summary
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When a murder occurs aboard the Orient Express, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive... Full description
Summary: |
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When a murder occurs aboard the Orient Express, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive. |
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Item Description: |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Widescreen format. Special features: Agatha Christie: a portrait; 4 part series: making 'Murder on the Orient Express', All aboard, The ride, The passengers, The end of the line; theatrical trailer. |
Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: |
DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono. |
Audience: |
MPAA rating: PG; some materials may not be suitable for children. |
Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music, Richard Rodney Bennett ; costume designer, Tony Walton ; production designer, Tony Walton. |
ISBN: |
0792198247 9780792198246 |
Author Notes: |
During her lifetime, she appeared in more than 40 movies including How to Marry a Millionaire, Designing Woman, Murder on the Orient Express, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Dogville, and Manderlay. She received an honorary Academy Award in 2009 "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures" and was named a Kennedy Center Honors winner in 1997. She also appeared on Broadway in Goodbye, Charlie and Cactus Flower. She won Tony Awards for her starring roles in Applause and Woman of the Year, which were both adapted from classic films. Her first autobiography, Lauren Bacall by Myself, won a National Book Award in 1980. Her second autobiography, Now, was published in 1994. She died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) |