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Murder on the Orient Express

on BBC One London

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

Contributors

Screenplay:
Paul Dehn
Producer:
John Brabourne
Producer:
Richard Goodwin
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Hercule Poirot:
Albert Finney
Mrs Hubbard:
Lauren Bacall
Bianchi:
Martin Balsam
Greta:
Ingrid Bergman
Countess Andronyi:
Jacqueline Bisset
Pierre:
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Col Arbuthnot:
Sean Connery
Beddoes:
John Gielgud
Princess Dragomiroff:
Wendy Hiller
McQueen:
Anthony Perkins
Mary Debenham:
Vanessa Redgrave
Hildegarde:
Rachel Roberts
Ratchett:
Richard Widmark
Count Andrenyi:
Michael York

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