Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels, owing no doubt to a combination of its romantic setting and the ingeniousness of its plot its non-exploitative reference to the sensational kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh only two years prior and a popular 1974 film adaptation, starring Albert Finney as Poirot - one of the few cinematic versions of a Christie work that met with the approval, however mild, of the author herself. Fortunately, the brilliant Belgian inspector Hercule Poirot is also on board, having booked the last available berth. With no escape into the wintery landscape the killer must still be on board. Incredibly, that compartment is locked from the inside.

Passengers awake to find the train still stranded and to discover that a wealthy American has been brutally stabbed to death in his private compartment. The girl is traced to a seaside resort and the desperate family of a wealthy old man.While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift. Miss Marple helps her neighbours the Bantrys when a lovely young girl is found dead in their library. The Body in the Library was repeated on BBC Four in September and October 2013. As someone notes about the case, 'you'll have to admit it has all the bizarre elements of a cheap thriller.' Once hooked, you won't be able to turn it off. And the supporting cast is admirable, particularly Gwen Watford as Dolly and David Horovitch as Inspector Slack. Miss Hickson is lovely, neither as awesome as Miss Rutherford nor as overly cute as Helen Hayes. The characters are nicely realized and the suspense holds. This BBC/Arts & Entertainment co-production offers an especially good example of Agatha Christie in adaptation. Miss Christie would no doubt approve of Joan Hickson, the veteran British character actress who plays Miss Marple. Agatha Christie Center Point Pub., 2011 - Fiction - 255 pages 65 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified On a quiet morning in St. In his review in The New York Times, critic John J. In the United States the film was first broadcast on 4 January 1986 as a part of PBS's Mystery!. Starring Joan Hickson in the title role, it was the first film presented in the British television series Miss Marple and premiered in three parts from 26 to 28 December 1984 on BBC One. Bowen and was directed by Silvio Narizzano.

The film uses an adapted screenplay by T. The Body in the Library is a 3-part 1984 television film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1942 detective novel The Body in the Library, which was co-produced by the BBC and the A&E Network. 1984 television film directed by Silvio Narizzano

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