The first trailer for the latest big-screen version of Murder on the Orient Express has been revealed.
The film, an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 detective novel of the same name, is directed by Kenneth Branagh and features a starry cast of actors, including Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer and Willem Dafoe. As well as directing, Branagh will also star as Christie’s redoubtable detective Hercule Poirot, who is tasked with investigating the murder of a passenger aboard a busy long-distance train.
Murder on the Orient Express was most recently adapted in 2001 for a made-for-television film starring Alfred Molina. However, arguably the most famous adaptation of the book remains Sidney Lumet’s 1974 film version, which starred Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Richard Widmark, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Jacqueline Bisset and Anthony Perkins, with Albert Finney playing the role of Poirot.
Murder on the Orient Express is set to be released in UK cinemas on 3 November and the US on 10 November.
