Sidney Lumet: A Life Behind the Camera

Murder on the Orient Express, 1974
Lumet directed the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic from the 1930s, in which a wealthy American is murdered and there's no shortage of suspects from various nationalities and social classes. Among the characters are a Russian princess, an English colonel and a Swedish missionary. The luminous cast includes everyone from Lauren Bacall and Sean Connery to John Gielgud and Ingrid Bergman, who won an Oscar for her role.

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