Murder on the Orient Express The story's first true publication was the US serialisation in six instalments in the "Saturday Evening Post" from 30 September to 4 November 1933 (Volume 206, Numbers 14 to 19). The title was "Murder in the Calais Coach", and it was illustrated by William C. Hoople. The UK serialisation appeared after book publication, appearing in three instalments in the "Grand Magazine", in March, April, and May 1934 (Issues 349 to 351). This version was abridged from the book version (losing some 25% of the text), was without chapter divisions, and named the Russian princess as Dragiloff instead of Dragomiroff. Advertisements
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