Murder on the Orient Express (2001 film) 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 is travelling on the "Orient Express". While on the journey, Poirot meets a very close friend Bouc, who works for the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. The train
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