Murder on the Orient Express trailer: Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot hunts down suspects from Johnny Depp to Judi Dench

Penelope Cruz, Olivia Colman and Willem Dafoe also star 
Emma Powell1 June 2017
The Weekender

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The whole of Hollywood appears to have congregated on the Orient Express for a new star-studded murder mystery film.

A wealth of talent including Johnny Depp, Dame Judi Dench, Olivia Colman and Willem Dafoe star in the upcoming Murder on the Orient Express.

Fans were given their first look at the film, which stars Kenneth Branagh as the iconic detective Hercule Poirot.

Introducing the events, Branagh says: “There is something about a tangle of strangers pressed together for days with nothing in common but the need to go from one pace to the other and never see each other again.”

Detective: Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot

As the camera pans a sea of nervous faces from Josh Gadd to Daisy Ridley, he continue: “I see evil on this train. A passenger has died. If there was a murder then there was a murderer. The murderer is with us and every one of you is a suspect.”

Branagh and his magnificent moustache flash up on screen as he introduces himself as “the greatest detective in the world”.

Based on the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express follows thirteen strangers stranded on a train, who quickly become suspects when someone is murdered.

Poirot must race against time to solve the crime before the culprit strikes again.

Directed by Branagh, the film also stars Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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Murder on the Orient Express is slated for UK cinema release on November 3.

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