Murder on the Orient Express (2001)

Hercule Poirot, now in modern times, investigates the famous crime on the famed train with a modern twist.

Director:

Carl Schenkel

Writers:

Agatha Christie (novel), Stephen Harrigan (teleplay)

Stars:

Alfred Molina, Meredith Baxter, Leslie Caron

Cast

Credited cast:
Alfred Molina	...	Hercule Poirot
Meredith Baxter	...	Mrs. Caroline Hubbard
Leslie Caron	...	Sra. Alvarado
Amira Casar	...	Helena von Strauss
Nicolas Chagrin	...	Pierre Michel
Tasha de Vasconcelos	...	Vera Rossakoff
David Hunt	...	Bob Arbuthnot
Adam James	...	William MacQueen
Dylan Smith	...	Tony Foscarelli
Peter Strauss	...	Mr. Samuel Ratchett
Fritz Wepper	...	Wolfgang Bouc
Kai Wiesinger	...	Philip von Strauss
Natasha Wightman	...	Mary Debenham
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louis Chamoun	...	Turk

Storyline

Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a sudden halt when a rock slide blocks the tracks ahead. And all the thrills of riding the famous train come to a halt when a man discovered dead in his compartment, stabbed nine times. The train is stranded. No one has gotten on or gotten off. That can only mean one thing: the killer is onboard, and it is up to Hercule Poirot to find him.

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Plot Keywords:

train | hercule poirot | rock slide | orient express | sleuth | 

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Taglines:

Agatha Christie's ultimate whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Asesinato en el Orient Express

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daniel H. Blatt Productions, Agatha Christie, Chorion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Carl Schenkel's last film.

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Goofs

While Poirot is examining Ratchett's body for the second time, Ratchett is still breathing.

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Quotes

Hercule Poirot: Someone is playing with my mind, with my little gray cells.

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Connections

References Fight Club (1999)

User Reviews

Too modernized

This isn't any good.

It's too modernized.

Get it?

No, seriously, they would have been better off sticking to Christie's original source and making it more like the 1974 film starring Albert Finney. (Which is what my TV guide had listed in place of this atrocity.) This made-for-TV version is with Alfred Molina, who lacks energy and umph. No wonder. The material is rather dire and the film is a complete mess. Someone references O.J. Simpson. Please.

Don't see this.

See the 1974 version.