Murder on the Orient Express (2001 film) years earlier, in which a baby was kidnapped and then murdered. (The fictitious Armstrong case was apparently inspired by the real-life kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's baby boy.) Murder on the Orient Express (2001 film) Murder on the Orient Express is a 2001 made-for-television mystery film directed by Carl Schenkel based on the 1934 novel "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot. This version is set in the present day and has a smaller cast than the novel. The screenplay was written by Stephen Harrigan and the original music score was composed by Christopher Franke. Hercule Poirot
The Six of Calais The Six of Calais The Six of Calais is a one-act play by George Bernard Shaw. It was inspired by Auguste Rodin's sculpture "The Burghers of Calais". It is a historical comedy about the conflict between Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault over his plans to punish the leading citizens of Calais for resisting the 1346 siege. Shaw had had a long friendship with the sculptor Auguste Rodin, who had made a portrait bust of the playwright, and had long admired his sculpture of "The Burghers of Calais". Rodin himself had once said of Shaw that