Assassinio sull'Orient Express

Titolo originale: Murder on the Orient Express
Regia: Sidney Lumet |
Anno: 1974
Origine: United Kingdom |
Generi: Dramma Thriller Mistero
Tag: based on novel or book | repayment | detective | passenger | investigation | orient express | snow | whodunit | train | murder mystery | 1930s |
Cast: Albert Finney | Lauren Bacall | Martin Balsam | Ingrid Bergman | Sean Connery | Anthony Perkins | Jean-Pierre Cassel | Wendy Hiller | Vanessa Redgrave | Jacqueline Bisset | John Gielgud | Richard Widmark | Michael York | Colin Blakely | Rachel Roberts | George Coulouris | Denis Quilley | Vernon Dobtcheff | Jeremy Lloyd | John Moffatt | Vic Tablian | Leon Lissek | Andrew Andreas | David de Keyser |

Il detective Hercule Poirot deve rientrare a Londra da Istanbul, dove si trova. Qui incontra il suo vecchio amico Bianchi, che lavora come dirigente della Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits e gli trova un posto sul vagone-letto di prima classe dell'Orient Express. Durante la seconda notte del viaggio il treno attraversa una regione dei Balcani sotto un'abbondante nevicata e la mattina seguente uno dei viaggiatori, il ricco uomo d'affari americano Samuel Edward Ratchett, viene trovato morto nel suo scompartimento, ancora chiuso dall'interno, ucciso da dodici colpi di pugnale. Il treno è bloccato dalla neve e Poirot, su richiesta di Bianchi, assume le indagini del caso, con la collaborazione del dott. Constantine, un medico che si trovava a bordo di un'altra carrozza del treno.

Frasi

Colonel Arbuthnott: Does that answer your questi [...] D
Hercule Poirot: In the Far East? Beddoes: Oh, n [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Ladies and gentlemen, we now com [...] D
Hercule Poirot: How long have you been intereste [...] D
Bianchi: Forgive me, ladies and gentlemen. Gret [...] D
A.D.C.: Ah, here's your ticket, Monsieur Poirot. [...] D
Hercule Poirot: [referring to a monogrammed hand [...] D
Hercule Poirot: The obvious implication is that [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Did you leave your room? Greta [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Cassetti was responsible for her [...] D
Mrs. Hubbard: For my daughter... and my granddau [...] D
Hercule Poirot: The bottle is more distinguished [...] D
A.D.C.: The crossing should be pleasant. The Bos [...] D
Princess Dragomiroff: Now, you wish *me* to conf [...] D
Hercule Poirot: You never smile, madame la princ [...] D
Colonel Arbuthnott: Get your hands off Miss Debe [...] D
Hercule Poirot: What is the princess's Christian [...] D
Mrs. Hubbard: My second husband said always to a [...] D
A.D.C.: I hope we did the right thing booking yo [...] D
Bianchi: Oh, yes, I know. We are both envious of [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Forgive a Freudian question - do [...] D
Colonel Arbuthnott: May we go? Hercule Poirot: [...] D
[the sound of a distant train whistle] Bianchi: [...] D
Hercule Poirot: [Bianchi has a visibly nauseated [...] D
Foscarelli: Vigliacco. [spits] Hildegarde: Sch [...] D
Hercule Poirot: If all these people are not impl [...] D
Mrs. Hubbard: Well, my second husband, Mr. Hubba [...] D
Bianchi: Ah, for the pen of a Balzac. For three [...] D
Hercule Poirot: What is your profession? Ratche [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Was that usual? Beddoes: Oh, qu [...] D
[last lines] Countess Andrenyi: [to Mrs. Hubbar [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Only by interrogating the other [...] D
Colonel Arbuthnott: That's a bloody irregular qu [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Forgive me, Miss Debenham, I mus [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Ladies and gentlemen, you are al [...] D
Countess Andrenyi: As is my custom on night trai [...] D
Colonel Arbuthnott: It's a USED peep cleaner! [...] D
Colonel Arbuthnott: He was interested in the fut [...] D
Ratchett: Sit down, sir. Sit down. Hercule Poir [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Ah! "Godmother"! Now you have ac [...] D
Mrs. Hubbard: [to Bianchi] Don't you agree the m [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Signor Bianchi, it is for you, a [...] D
Colonel Arbuthnott: Are you suggesting that I'm [...] D
[after the case has been concluded, Bianchi give [...] D
Bianchi: You mean you saw the man? You can ident [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Mr. Ratchett, I have made enough [...] D
Beddoes: Oh, yes, sir, the Italian person. Herc [...] D
Pierre: The whistle means that help is near, mad [...] D
Dr. Constantine: The murderer is with us now! [...] D
Colonel Arbuthnott: Can you give me your solemn [...] D
Hercule Poirot: There would be little point then [...] D
[first lines] Ferry conductor: Your ticket, ple [...] D
Bianchi: Why did you not ask her if she had been [...] D
Mrs. Hubbard: So, now there's a man in my room! [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Tout de même, I must thank th [...] D
Hercule Poirot: America's foremost tragic actres [...] D
Colonel Arbuthnott: Miss Debenham is not a woman [...] D
Foscarelli: Hey, what are you reading, Mister Be [...] D
Princess Dragomiroff: I have no need for the nur [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Our last interrogation will be s [...] D
Mrs. Hubbard: What's the matter with him? Train- [...] D
Mary Debenham: [observing Poirot after he sneeze [...] D
Dr. Constantine: [referring to Pierre] He had th [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Bianchi, Doctor, has it occurred [...] D
Greta Ohlsson: I vas - I international group for [...] D
Hercule Poirot: Has it occurred to you that ther [...] D
Greta Ohlsson: I was born backwards. That is why [...] D
Ferry conductor: Welcome aboard, Colonel Arbyoo. [...] D
Dr. Constantine: [touches the back of Beddoes he [...] D
Hardman: Ratchett asked them for an American bod [...] D
Hercule Poirot: What became of the younger daugh [...] D
Hercule Poirot: We know the true identity of Mr. [...] D
Hercule Poirot: This is not an inquisition, only [...] D
Ratchett: [holding out a cigar] I wonder if you [...] D
Mrs. Hubbard: If you need aspirin, I always carr [...] D