Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of "Murder in the Calais Coach," by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the U.S. edition at $2.00. The elegant train of the 1930s, the Orient Express, is stopped by heavy snowfall, with many passengers.
Murder on a Honeymoon Pepper Tree", which was the title of the 1933 Stuart Palmer novel on which it was based. Some scenes for the film were shot on Santa Catalina Island, a well-known resort 26 miles off the California coast. Murder on a Honeymoon Murder on a Honeymoon is an American 1935 mystery film starring Edna May Oliver and James Gleason. This was the third and last time Oliver portrayed astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers; the two previous films were "The Penguin Pool Murder" (1932) and "Murder on the Blackboard" (1934). The film was directed by Lloyd Corrigan from a screenplay by Seton I.