![]() The famously shocking kidnapping ended with a paid ransom note and the death of the poor girl. ![]() In the process Poirot finds a partially damaged note connecting Ratchett to the kidnapping of a little girl named Daisy Armstrong. As a team begins the work to clear the track of the obstruction, Poirot begins his investigation. ![]() After Hercule declines the offer, we find Ratchett’s body gruesomely stabbed a dozen times in his compartment. But, as the story unfolds we find the inescapable communion of persons and the far-reaching effects of sin and our desire to find a scapegoat for our pain.Įdward Ratchett, played by Johnny Depp, ominously offers Hercule pay for protection as he knows that people are out to get him. At first glance, the tale is a simple search for justice. Poirot is famous for his constant need of scaling the balance of justice, so much so that at one point he steps in animal feces and to make sure the balance is found he places his other foot in the same pile. With a list of intriguing characters to investigate, Poirot can’t help but dive into the work of bringing the killer to justice. Suddenly a massive avalanche blocks the tracks and as the train is stalled a passenger is murdered. With a twist of fate and a call to continue his work as the greatest detective in the world, Hercule Poirot, played by the remarkable Kenneth Branagh, finds himself aboard the Orient Express headed to Calais, a town in north France. ![]() ![]() One of the latest murder mystery movies, Murder on the Orient Express, is a classic tale of intrigue in a “whodunit” style. ![]()
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