The most luxurious train in Europe! The most captivating puzzle! Everyone is under suspicion!
While in Istanbul, the great detective Hercule Poirot returns to England on the famous Orient Express, in which, it seems, representatives of every possible nationality are traveling with him. One of the passengers, an unpleasant American named Ratchett, offers Poirot a job as his bodyguard, because he believes someone is going to kill him. The famous Belgian brushes off this absurd request. The next day, however, the American is found dead in his compartment, with the doors locked and the window open. Poirot immediately takes up the investigation — and discovers that the compartment is full of all kinds of clues pointing… to practically all the passengers of the Orient Express. To make matters worse, the train gets hopelessly stuck in snowdrifts in a deserted place. Poirot must find the killer before the express continues its journey…