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Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express

First Aired: December 2010

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Bonneville as Edward Masterman
Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express

Film for ITV1.

David Suchet plays Hercule Poirot in this TV adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery. Travelling from Istanbul to London on the famous Orient Express, Poirot is approached by ruthless businessman Samuel Ratchett, who offers him $10k to watch his back. Poirot refuses, but when Ratchett is stabbed to death he vows to find the killer.

Hugh plays Edward Masterman.

Related websites: ITV Website | ITV Press Release
Writer:
Stewart Harcourt; Agatha Christie (novel)
Cast:
David Suchet, Toby Jones, Brian J. Smith, David Morrissey, Jessica Chastain, Serge Hazanavicius, Samuel West, Eileen Atkins, Susanne Lothar, Barbara Hershey, Denis Ménochet, Joseph Mawle, Marie-Josée Croze
Director:
Philip Martin
Producer:
Karen Thrussell
Production Co:
Mammoth; ITV
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