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
Death on the Nile Horizon" and opened in the West End on 19 March 1946 under the title "Murder on the Nile" and on Broadway on 19 September 1946 under the same title. A live television version of the novel under the name of "Murder on the Nile" was presented on 12 July 1950 in the US in a one-hour play as part of the series "Kraft Television Theatre". The stars were Guy Spaull and Patricia Wheel. The novel was adapted into a highly successful feature film, released in 1978 and starring Peter Ustinov for the first of his six appearances as Poirot. Others