Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film) movie 40 years ago (when it was published here as "Murder on the Calais Coach"), it would have been photographed in black-and-white on a back lot in Burbank or Culver City, with one or two stars and a dozen character actors and studio contract players. Its running time would have been around 67 minutes and it could have been a very respectable B-picture. "Murder on the Orient Express" wasn't made into a movie 40 years ago, and after you see the Sidney Lumet production that opened yesterday at the Coronet, you may be both surprised and glad it wasn't. An
Murder on the Nile Murder on the Nile Murder on the Nile (sometimes titled Hidden Horizon) is a 1944 murder mystery play by crime writer Agatha Christie, based on her 1937 novel "Death on the Nile". The notable John Anderson chose to portray McNaught in this play before retiring from the stage. The play is based on her 1937 novel "Death on the Nile" which in itself started off as a play which Christie called "Moon on the Nile". Once written, she decided it would do better as a book and she only resurrected the play version in 1942 when she was in the