Yes!

Absolutely 💕 Many thanks 🙏

upload, you mean.

@@MarcusCactus LOL true.

@@RanBlakePiano old films are great fun compared to today's trash.

I absolutely agree! I've never saw this before!

Totally agree. Thanks for the upload

My gratitude as well; if only the earlier iterations/adaptations had been preserved. Also known as _Dead Man's Folly_ , if I am not mistaken?

@@bonghunezhou5051 NO, you are incorrect, it’s other name is Thirteen For Dinner.

hi yes a good old film not seen it before different poirot guite good n hastings cheers cas dorset

Another dedicated film fan, eh? Was it as you remembered? 😎

Rex. It’s fantastic!!! I’ve saved it. 💜💜

@@CAROLNA eh?

You are so right. Once I stopped reading a novel( ofSAS) I think, as the author depicted a cat eating the bowels off a dead man in the streets. No mystery,just grosss scenes.....

Yes, strange casting

You voice my opinion exactly.

And was he not described as being short in the books?

I agree with you . As I have to admit , the film eventually knocked me out .

And he abhorred being called (gasp!) French. Or being hurried anywhere! Still, this is fun so far.

And the actor playing Poirot should have been cast as Hastings.

You’re right about size, but there is nothing in the novels that suggests Poirot has a high pitched voice

“ I say” you’re right

Yes, you are right

Even thought at first it was one of poireau s trick to switch places to remain incognito lol ,, and this poirot is more of a sherlock holmes type guy lol

I agree ..i dont think ive ever seen an agatha christie adaptation that is particularly faithful to the books, from any era, its a silly criticism really..an adaptation is just that, adapted..it's wonderful being able to see something this old!

The main problem is that none of the clues are given in advance (we don't see the ripped letter, the conversation at dinner, etc.) so it's impossible for the audience to solve and not fair...unlike the book.

@@lucyw.7597 You are incorrect, as the original Murder on the Orient Express is strictly by the book. Do some research before you quote misinformation.

@@jonniereynolds7915 Yes, you're right, however it's the only one I can think of that is. There are over 30 feature film adaptations of Christie novels, and more than 50 tv adaptations...so one error in my comment is hardly the end of the world. You can correct a mistake politely though. There is no need to do it with such ignorant rudeness.

It's possible. But in the books, half the time Poirot didn't correct people's wrong assumptions of him because he knew it would be in his favor. So I assume that might be why they didn't have him refute it here.

Paris was the cultural focus city for an entire region. Belgium borders on France, so would be heavily influenced by Parisian fashions, manners, etc.

Poirot with no mustache!

I disagree. Agatha would have asked “but where are Hercule’s famous mustaches”?

Bluesimprov, Agatha Christie died in 1976 and it has been stated that she was very pleased with David Suchet's portrayal of Hercule. 😊

​@@YippekiyeahDavid suchet didn't portray Agatha till 1989

They can adapt, but this film doesn't play fair which she would have hated. None of the main clues are given in advance.

I am very surprised to see this film. I have never heard of it, and I thought I had seen all Agatha Christie's films.

Tony Randall was the worst! Lol But I still kind of enjoyed the movie simply because it was an AC!

And the only one who, in my opinion, did the role justice was David Suchet.

@@lifewithklc ~ There is no other Poirot as far as I'm concerned. John Malkovich? That's just plain wrong!

@@rubytuesday5412 IKR?! I love John Malkovich, but not as Hercule.

@@rubytuesday5412 Finney also did a good job and Peter Ustinov was charming. Brannagh made a hash of "Murder on the Orient Express". It's said that Dame Agatha like the Finney version.

Obviously you are not a knowledgeable fan, as this film would be well known to you. DA.

@@jonniereynolds7915 Stop flirting, you smooth talker, you.

Even thought at first it was one of poireau s trick to switch places to remain incognito lol ,, and this poirot is more of a sherlock holmes type guy lol

You might find the German silent version of The Secret Adversary of interest, too. It's also on my channel.

Merla Pittman: Why wouldn't they have chosen an actor who looked like the character?Wasn't it a 30s thing?No tash & aprox 6',?Mind u,the films r never true to the books.A real shame that the stories are always altered.Margaret Rutherford couldn't have been less like Miss Marple & Agatha herself didn't like the portrayal.I've learned never to read a book first if planning to watch the movie!LOL

There are many changes to the original book in this movie. For example, Poirot is portrayed as French, he is too tall and with no 'trademark' moustache. Hastings is also far too short to have been a guards captain; he would likely never have been accepted into a WW1 army as an officer because of his diminutive stature. Even the RAMC in the later war, WW2, had a minimum height restriction of 5'2" [62 inches; roughly 1.5 metres]. Furthermore, it's hard to believe that such an inept person as the one portrayed here could have risen to the rank of Captain. And Japp is very unconvincing as a Scotland Yard police sergeant. Why would he divulge what should be confidential police business to an amateur sleuth? He would lose his job, and could be fined or imprisoned, for doing that. At least much of the basic plot is reasonably intact. And it is a pretty good yarn, being intriguing, entertaining and humorous. I'd guess that the cast had a few good laughs during the time that this was being filmed.

Erm, this is not the language, culture and clothing of the "western hemisphere", it is a film, in which we are required to suspend disbelief and enter an entirely fictional world that might as well be set on Mars for all the resemblance to reality. Nothing wrong with that of course, as long as you realise that it's fantasy!

@@MrDorbel it shows the mannerisms of that era and explicitly so, and it's a proof of a time and everyday life long gone, when men used to look good because of what they were wearing no matter what social class they belonged to. It's a state of beauty that has vanished and very much so. It was a state of the art of the culture of the western hemisphere that is long gone. That's a fact.

@@sarahg3500 It's a film Sarah, actors on a set in costume and bears no more relation to reality than Spiderman 2! That was the whole point of films like this, a bit of fantasy for the working class, where people dressed for dinner and had servants. I suggest evening classes in history, educate yourself!

Why?

I thought so too. Once I had adjusted to his appearance, I thought he was a convincing Poirot. It is interesting how they saw Captain Hastings though.