Murder on the Orient Express A murder is discovered, and Poirot's trip home to London from the Middle East is interrupted to solve the murder. The US title of "Murder in the Calais Coach" was used to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel "Stamboul Train" which had been published in the United States as "Orient Express". After taking the Taurus Express from Aleppo in Syria to Istanbul, private detective Hercule Poirot arrives at the Tokatlian Hotel. There he receives a telegram prompting him to return to London. He instructs the concierge to book a first-class compartment on the Simplon-route Orient Express service, leaving
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.