Saugatuck Red Barn Theatre Movie Night- “Murder on the Orient Express"

Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Start Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Red Barn Theatre

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

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The Red Barn Theater’s film series continues June 12 with “Murder on the Orient Express,” a 1974 realization of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel featuring a vast cast of film stars topped by Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, whose little gray cells solve the most difficult of cases. Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for her portrayal of, oddly enough, a middle-aged Swedish governess.

The film adheres fairly closely to Christie’s original plot. Poirot, returning from a case in the Middle East, boards the Orient Express to travel homeward. Poirot is asked by his friend Bianchi (Martin Balsam), a train company director, to investigate the murder of an American business tycoon, Mr. Ratchett (Richard Widmark, aboard a train with an all-star cast of suspects, among them Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Sir John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, and Anthony Perkins.

The plot turns on the discovery that the business tycoon was actually a vicious criminal who many years before had kidnapped and killed an infant belonging to a wealthy family, reminiscent of the slaying of the Lindbergh baby. Given this revelation, it is hard not to empathize with the 13 suspects, but Poirot carries on, actually providing two alternative solutions to the mystery.

The film begins at 7 p.m.when you can join host John Hardy in front of The Big Screen at The Red Barn, 3657 63rd St. at Blue Star Hwy., Saugatuck, about a quarter mile east of Exit 41 off of I-196. Suggested donation is $5. Free popcorn from CNJ Popcorn Co. and $1 concessions. Call (269) 857-5300 for more information or email lakeshorearts@comcast.net

Location Details

Red Barn Theatre
63RD & Blue Star Hwy.
Saugatuck Mi 49453

Location Phone: 269-857-5300