Directed by Sidney Lumet, John Guillermin, Guy Hamilton
Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York, Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Harry Andrews, Jon Finch, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, Simon MacCorkindale, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Jack Warden, Geraldine Chaplin, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Eric Dodson, Edward Fox, Charles Gray, Charles Lloyd-Pack, Kim Novak, Richard Pearson, Carolyn Pickles, Colin Blakely, Roddy McDowall, James Mason, John Alderson, Paul Antrim, Emily Hone, Sylvia Miles, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Nicholas Clay, Richard Vernon
Contributors: John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin, Paul Dehn, Richard Rodney Bennett, Geoffrey Unsworth, Anthony Shaffer, Nino Rota, Jack Cardiff, Jonathan Hales, Barry Sandler, John Cameron, Christopher Challis
Studio: StudioCanal
Genre: Thriller
Main Language: English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 24 Nov 2025
Originally Issued: 1982
No of Discs: 4
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 468 minutes
Description
Collection of four mysteries based on novels by Agatha Christie.
'Murder On the Orient Express' (1974) is set in 1935 when Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is travelling to London from Istanbul on board the Orient Express. When heavy snow strands the train in Yugoslavia during the night and businessman Samuel Ratchett (Richard Widmark) is murdered, Poirot struggles with the terrible truth he uncovers.
In 'Death On the Nile' (1978) Poirot (Peter Ustinov) finds himself on the hunt for a killer whilst on holiday in Egypt after rich heiress Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle (Lois Chiles) is murdered aboard a steamship travelling down the Nile. After discovering that a number of the other passengers had reason to kill her, Poirot faces a race against time to solve the case before the ship reaches port.
In 'The Mirror Crack'd' (1980), excitement runs high when feuding film stars Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak) arrive in the sleepy English village of St Mary Mead to begin work on a movie about Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I.
However, when an innocent bystander dies at a party after drinking a poisoned cocktail, the excitement turns to horror. Everyone assumes the drink was intended for Marina but Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox) is unsure who is responsible for the crime and asks Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury), his aunt, to help. As more people die, can she solve the case?
Finally, in 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982), after actress Arlena Stuart Marshall (Diana Rigg) is strangled on a Mediterranean island, there is no shortage of suspects for Poirot (Ustinov) to investigate.
However, all of the other guests have alibis and so Poirot faces a difficult task to solve the case and locate a missing diamond.
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