Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film) Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film) Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 mystery thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh with a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. The film stars Branagh as Hercule Poirot, with Tom Bateman, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daisy Ridley in supporting roles. The film is the fourth screen adaptation of Christie's novel, following the 1974 film, a 2001 TV film version, and a 2010 episode of the television series
Thieves Like Us (novel) noir crime films of its time. A second film version was later made by Robert Altman in 1974 and released by United Artists studios under the same title as the original book, "Thieves Like Us". In September 2010, The House Theatre of Chicago produced an original live theater adaptation of the script. The production, at Chopin Theatre, ran for four weeks. Thieves Like Us (novel) Thieves Like Us was the second and last published novel written by Edward Anderson (1905–1969). It was published in 1937 by Frederick A. Stokes. See: "Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s" by