Murder on the Orient Express

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s procedural template is upended by Agatha Christie’s ingenious puzzle box in “Murder on the Orient Express,” a 1974 whodunit that transports the meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to a snowbound train. Here, amidst a claustrophobic car’s eclectic cast, Poirot’s obsession with order and his penchant for detail unravel a web of deceit, revealing that sometimes the most unexpected suspects hold the key to unraveling the truth.