Murder on the Orient Express

1974 · 128 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 71,585 VOTES · DIR. Sidney Lumet

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Overview

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,609 lines

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00:06:45 - Your ticket, please. - Oh, yes.
00:13:02 For Uzonköprü, Sofia, Belgrade
00:19:44 Monsieur Poirot has to come in here.
00:26:46 One can deduce that without acute mental exhaustion.
00:31:42 - Two, sir, as you said. - OK.
00:40:16 Then I heard him use his washbasin.
00:43:57 I acted more as his courier than as his secretary.
00:48:45 Space, A-R-M-S.
00:53:17 You don't say.
00:57:04 I wanna know how it got here.
01:00:57 if we are to complete this inquiry before reaching Brod.
01:04:37 In ten weeks
01:09:07 and stamping the spilt butter into your passport with the other.
01:13:59 There was, but I do not recall her name.
01:18:01 After Belgrade. When Pierre summoned me to the Prinzessin
01:22:41 You see, his outfit and mine wouldn't have mixed much.
01:26:47 This is a private matter between the colonel and myself.
01:30:43 Who do you...? Who do you think killed him?
01:35:55 which could not possibly have fitted Pierre
01:39:50 like Colonel Arbuthnott, have Indian orderlies.
01:43:43 who became boyishly devoted to Mrs. Armstrong
01:47:57 as a real character and not as a red herring to confuse and deceive me.
01:51:57 Or your first husband
01:59:59 Cassetti.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,609
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:06:45
Final line01:59:59

Production Record

DirectorSidney Lumet
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,400,000
Revenue$35,700,000
IMDb votes71,585