The feature film starring
Albert Finney tells Radio Times: "My make-up took two hours to put on, and at least half-an-hour to take off. I was doing a play in the West End at the same time so I couldn't dye my hair black and had to plaster a sort of black glue all over my hair every day. I wore a false nose and rubber around the eyes to age me. It was pretty hectic."
Shortly after its departure from Istanbul, the Orient Express makes an unscheduled stop during the night. Snow is blocking the line. The passengers sleep on. Except for a small, moustachioed Belgian with indigestion, and another man. A murderer.
(First showing on British television)
Films: pages 16-17