Murder on the Orient Express is a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie. John Moffatt starred as Poirot in a five-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation by Michael Bakewell directed by Enyd Williams. Broadcast between 28 December 1993 and 1 January 1994. The music was played by Michael Haslam.
Summary[]
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stopped the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train was surprisingly full for the time of the year. But by the morning there was one passenger fewer. An American lay dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.
Cast[]
- John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot
- Andre Maranne as M. Bouc
- Joss Ackland as Ratchett
- Sylvia Syms as Mrs. Hubbard
- Siân Phillips as Princess Dragomiroff
- Francesca Annis as Mary Debenham
- Peter Polycarpou as Dr Constantine
- Desmond Llewelyn as Masterman
- Frank Windsor as Pierre Michel
- Stephen Hodson as Colonel Arbuthnot
- James Telfer as Hector MacQueen
- Kate Binchy as Miss Ohlsson
- Frank Coda as Antonio Foscarelli
- John Church as Hardman
- David Thorpe as Count Andrenyi
- Siriol Jenkins as Countess Andrenyi
- Linda Polan as Fräulein Schmidt
- Vic Tablian as The Taurus Express Guard
- Kevork Malikyan as The Hotel Clerk