Event Details
The legendary detective Hercule Poirot (an unrecognizable Albert Finney, in an Oscar-nominated performance) finds himself faced with a train full of all-star suspects (including Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins and Vanessa Redgrave) when a notorious gangster (Richard Widmark) is murdered on the Orient Express. Director Sidney Lumet took an unexpected departure from his usual gritty stories of contemporary urban life with this lavish film version of Agatha Christie’s 1934 whodunit. Ingrid Bergman won her third Oscar for her droll supporting performance as an unassuming suspect, and the film’s six nominations included one for composer Richard Rodney Bennett; the three-time nominee contributed an elegant score highlighted by a charming waltz theme for the train itself.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1974 | 128 min. | UK | Color | English | Rated PG | DCP
DIRECTED BY: Sidney Lumet
WRITTEN BY: Paul Dehn
WITH: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman