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 Murder at the Vicarage does not participate in the investigation since his presence as the narrator was unnecessary in a filmed version. "The Murder at the Vicarage" was released by HarperCollins as a graphic novel adaptation on 20 May 2008, adapted and illustrated by "Norma" (Norbert Morandière) (). This was translated from the edition first published in France by in 2005 under the title of "L'Affaire Protheroe". The novel was first serialised in the US in the "Chicago Tribune" in fifty-five instalments from Monday, 18 August to Monday, 20 October 1930. The dedication of the book reads: "To Rosalind" The subject of this dedication