Murder on the Orient Express

[JDaniel]

Watched this last night with the Mrs. I'd read the Agatha Christie book, but never had seen the movie. I really enjoyed it, and what a lineup:

Albert Finney ... Hercule Poirot

Lauren Bacall ... Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard

Ingrid Bergman ... Greta Ohlsson

Jacqueline Bisset ... Countess Andrenyi

Jean-Pierre Cassel ... Pierre Paul Michel (as Jean Pierre Cassel)

Sean Connery ... Colonel Arbuthnot

Anthony Perkins ... Hector Willard MacQueen

Vanessa Redgrave ... Mary Debenham

Before the movie, it was explained that Christie wrote this back in the 30s, but wouldn't allow the movie to be made because censorship rules would not allow the movie to portray certain parts of the book (presumably the murder). That's why it wasn't until 1974 that the movie was made.

JD