Directed by Sidney Lumet Written by Paul Dehn   Agatha Christie   Anthony Shaffer   Cast Albert Finney ... Hercule Poirot Lauren Bacall ... Mrs. Hubbard Martin Balsam ... Bianchi Ingrid Bergman ... Greta Jacqueline Bisset ... Countess Andrenyi Jean-Pierre Cassel ... Pierre (as Jean Pierre Cassel) Sean Connery ... Col. Arbuthnot John Gielgud ... Beddoes Wendy Hiller ... Princess Dragomiroff Anthony Perkins ... McQueen Vanessa Redgrave ... Mary Debenham Rachel Roberts ... Hildegarde Richard Widmark ... Ratchett Michael York ... Count Andrenyi Colin Blakely ... Hardman George Coulouris ... Doctor Denis Quilley ... Foscarelli Vernon Dobtcheff ... Concierge Jeremy Lloyd ... A.D.C. John Moffatt ... Chief Attendant Uncredited Cast Andrew Andreas ... Waiter Vic Chapman ... Reporter David de Keyser ... Turkish Ticket Collector (voice) Leon Lissek ... Dining Car Steward Robert Rietty ... Loudspeaker George Silver ... Chef Leslie Soden ... Turkish pianist in the hotel Vic Tablian ... Hawker Nubar Terziyan ... Traveling Salesman Produced by John Brabourne   Richard Goodwin   Original Music by Richard Rodney Bennett

Additional Info Premiere: November 21, 1974 Theatrical Release: November 24, 1974 DVD Release: September 07, 2004 Blu-ray Release: February 08, 2022 Country: Distributor: Paramount Studios Websites: Production Companies EMI Film Distributors (as Nat Cohen presents for EMI FIlm Distributors Ltd.) G.W. Films Limited (made by) (as G.W. Films Ltd.) Distributors Paramount Pictures   (1974) (USA) (theatrical) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2004) (USA) (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (VHS) The Criterion Channel   (2020) (USA) (TV) (digital) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.2 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,105 / 20,875 Site Ranking #2,101 Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) #2,102 Freaky (2020) #2,103 The Return Of The Living Dead (1985) #2,104 Red State (2011) #2,105 Murder On The Orient Express (1974) #2,106 Blue Beetle (2023) #2,107 Half Baked (1998) #2,108 Coffee And Cigarettes (2003) #2,109 The Secret Life Of Pets 2 (2019)