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==Adaptations==

===Radio===
[[John Moffatt (actor)|John Moffatt]] starred as Poirot in a five-part [[BBC Radio 4]] [[Hercule Poirot (radio series)|adaptation]] by [[Michael Bakewell]], directed by Enyd Williams, and originally broadcast from 28 December 1992 – 1 January 1993. [[André Maranne]] appeared as Bouc, [[Joss Ackland]] as Ratchett/Cassetti, [[Sylvia Syms]] as Mrs Hubbard, [[Siân Phillips]] as Princess Dragomiroff, [[Francesca Annis]] as Mary Debenham, and [[Peter Polycarpou]] as Dr. Constantine.

In 2017, the streaming service [[Audible (store)|Audible]] released another radio adaptation that featured [[Tom Conti]] as the voice of Poirot. The voice cast also featured [[Sophie Okonedo]] as Mary Debenham, [[Eddie Marsan]] as Ratchett/Cassetti, and narration from [[Art Malik]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 October 2017 |title=Agatha Christie's Poirot: Tom Conti, Sophie Okonedo, Paterson Joseph, Rula Lenska & Art Malik star in a new adaption of Murder on the Orient Express |url=http://www.seenit.co.uk/agatha-christies-poirot-tom-conti-sophie-okonedo-paterson-joseph-rula-lenska-art-malik-star-in-a-new-adaption-of-murder-on-the-orient-express-download-for-free/ |access-date=2 September 2018 |website=An Audible Original Drama |via=Seen It}}</ref>

The Soviet radio play was released in 1966. The voice cast featured Vsevolod Yakut as Poirot, [[Rostislav Plyatt]] as Colonel Arbuthnot, [[Maria Babanova]] as Hubbard, [[Oleg Yefremov]] as Hector McQueen, [[Leonid Kanevsky]] as Antonio Foscarelli, [[Angelina Stepanova]] as Princess Dragomiroff and [[Alexander Lazarev (actor)|Alexander Lazarev]] as Hardman.<ref>[https://mp3tales.info/tales/?id=803 Убийство в Восточном экспрессе]</ref>

===Film===

==== ''Murder on the Orient Express'' (1974) ====
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The book was made into a 1974 movie directed by [[Sidney Lumet]] and produced by [[John Brabourne]] and Richard B. Goodwin; it was a critical and commercial hit. The film starred [[Albert Finney]] as Poirot, [[Martin Balsam]] as Signor Bianchi, [[George Coulouris]] as Dr Constantine, and [[Richard Widmark]] as Ratchett/Cassetti, with the remaining cast of suspects including [[Sean Connery]] (Arbuthnot), [[Lauren Bacall]] (Mrs Hubbard), [[Anthony Perkins]] (MacQueen), [[John Gielgud]] (Beddoes), [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]] (Count Andrenyi), [[Jean-Pierre Cassel]] (Pierre Michel), [[Jacqueline Bisset]] (Countess Andrenyi), [[Wendy Hiller]] (Princess Dragomiroff), [[Vanessa Redgrave]] (Mary Debenham), [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]] (Hildegarde Schmidt), [[Colin Blakely]] (Hardman), [[Denis Quilley]] (Foscarelli), and [[Ingrid Bergman]] (Greta Ohlsson), who won the 1974 [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. Only minor changes were made for the film: Mary Debenham was the Armstrong's secretary rather than Daisy's governess; Masterman was renamed Beddoes; the dead maid was named Paulette instead of Susanne; Helena Goldenberg became Helena Grünwald (which is German for "Greenwood"); Antonio Foscarelli became Gino Foscarelli; Caroline Martha Hubbard became Harriet Belinda Hubbard; and the train company's Belgian director, Monsieur Bouc, became instead an Italian director, Signor Bianchi.

==== ''Murder on the Orient Express'' (2017) ====
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On 16 June 2015, [[20th Century Fox]] hired [[Kenneth Branagh]] to direct and star as Poirot in another film adaptation of the story,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geier |first=Thom |date=16 June 2015 |title=Kenneth Branagh in Talks to Direct Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/kenneth-branagh-in-talks-to-direct-agatha-christie-murder-on-the-orient-express-exclusive/ |access-date=11 July 2015 |website=[[TheWrap]] |publisher=The Wrap News Inc. |location=Los Angeles, California}}</ref> which was released on 3 November 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 September 2016 |title=The Full 'Murder on the Orient Express' Cast Includes Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, More (UPDATE) |url=http://www.moviefone.com/2016/09/29/johnny-depp-murder-on-the-orient-express-remake/ |access-date=3 October 2016 |publisher=Moviefone}}</ref> On 29 September 2016, the studio issued a press release announcing much of the cast, including [[Johnny Depp]] as Ratchett, [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] as Mrs Hubbard, [[Penélope Cruz]] as Pilar Estravados (a Spanish version of Greta Ohlsson, the name coming from a character in ''[[Hercule Poirot's Christmas]]''),<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Busch |first1=Anita |last2=Fleming |first2=Mike Jr |date=11 November 2016 |title=Penelope Cruz Joins 'Murder on the Orient Express' |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |location=Los Angeles, California |url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/penelope-cruz-murder-on-the-orient-express-1201852985/ |access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref> [[Judi Dench]] as Princess Dragomiroff, [[Derek Jacobi]] as Masterman, [[Leslie Odom Jr.]] as Dr Arbuthnot, [[Daisy Ridley]] as Mary Debenham, [[Lucy Boynton]] as Countess Andrenyi, [[Tom Bateman (actor)|Tom Bateman]] as Monsieur Bouc,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=29 September 2016 |title=Johnny Depp To Star in 'Murder on the Orient Express' At Fox' |url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/johnny-depp-murder-on-the-orient-express-at-fox-1201828368/ |access-date=29 September 2016 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |location=Los Angeles, California}}</ref> [[Manuel Garcia-Rulfo]] as Biniamino Marquez (a Cuban version of Antonio Foscarelli),<ref>{{Cite web |last=N'Duka |first=Amanda |date=25 January 2017 |title=Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Boards 'Murder on the Orient Express'; Vivica A Fox Joins 'The Mafia Aint Dead' |url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/manuel-garcia-rulfo-murder-on-the-orient-express-vivica-a-fox-the-mafia-aint-dead-movie-1201893871/ |access-date=27 January 2017 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |location=Los Angeles, California}}</ref> [[Josh Gad]] as Hector MacQueen,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=20 October 2016 |title=Josh Gad Boards Fox's 'Murder on the Orient Express' |url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/josh-gad-murder-on-the-orient-express-movie-mcqueen-1201840180/ |access-date=20 October 2016 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |location=Los Angeles, California}}</ref> [[Marwan Kenzari]] as Pierre Michel,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=27 October 2016 |title='Mummy' Actor Marwan Kenzari Joins Johnny Depp in 'Murder on the Orient Express' (Exclusive) |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]] |location=Los Angeles, California |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mummy-actor-marwan-kenzari-joins-johnny-depp-murder-orient-express-941748 |access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> [[Sergei Polunin]] as Count Andrenyi,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=5 December 2016 |title=Ballet Star Sergei Polunin Lands Roles in 'Murder on the Orient Express,' 'Red Sparrow' (Exclusive) |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]] |location=Los Angeles, California |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dancer-star-sergei-polunin-acting-murder-orient-express-red-sparrow-952594 |access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2017 |title=Willem Dafoe is latest addition to 'Murder on the Orient Express' all-star cast |url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/willem-dafoe-latest-addition-murder-orient-express-star-145316516.html |access-date=7 January 2017 |website=AFP Relax}}</ref> [[Willem Dafoe]] as Cyrus Hardman,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busch |first=Anita |date=5 January 2017 |title=Willem Dafoe Joins Ensemble Cast of Fox's 'Murder on the Orient Express' |url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/willem-dafoe-murder-on-the-orient-express-movie-fox-1201879409/ |access-date=5 January 2017 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |location=Los Angeles, California}}</ref> and [[Olivia Colman]] as Hildegarde Schmidt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2017 |title=Olivia Colman 'gutted' to miss Globes ceremony |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38559429 |access-date=9 January 2017 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The character of Col. Arbuthnot is combined with Dr. Constantine to create Dr Arbuthnot, a sniper who served under Col. Armstrong in the war and had his medical school paid for by Armstrong; MacQueen's father is portrayed as having been a prosecutor in the Armstrong case rather than the Armstrong family's lawyer, and whose career was ruined after he prosecuted the maid Susanne; and Monsieur Bouc is changed from the director of the company to the director's nephew. Added was a direct link for Poirot to the Armstrong kidnapping—before Sonia's death, John Armstrong wrote to Poirot for help. Also unlike the book, the kidnapping does not take place on [[Long Island]] but in [[New Jersey]], where the [[Lindbergh kidnapping]] took place. Susanne Michel is switched from Pierre Michel's daughter to his sister. Cyrus Hardman poses as an Austrian scientist named Gerhard Hardman for part of the film. The last scene also sets up ''[[Death on the Nile (2022 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' as a sequel.

===Television===
====German adaptation (1955)====
The novel was first adapted as a 1955 episode of the West German television series ''Die Galerie der großen Detektive''. [[Heini Göbel]] played the role of Poirot.

====''Murder on the Orient Express'' (2001)====
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A thoroughly modernized and poorly received [[Television film|made-for-TV]] version starring [[Alfred Molina]] as Poirot was presented by CBS in 2001. This version co-starred [[Meredith Baxter]] as Mrs Hubbard and [[Leslie Caron]] as Señora Alvarado (based on Princess Dragomiroff, and portrayed as the widow of a South American dictator). Poirot is portrayed as significantly younger and less eccentric than Christie's detective, and is given a subplot involving a romantic relationship with Vera Rosakoff, who is loosely based on an infrequently recurring character of the same name. The story is updated to a contemporary setting, and four of the suspects (Hildegarde Schmidt, Cyrus Hardman, Edward Masterman and Greta Ohlsson) are deleted, as is Dr Constantine.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279250/combined IMDb profile], imdb.com; accessed 31 January 2015.</ref>

====''Agatha Christie's Poirot'': "Murder on the Orient Express" (2010)====
[[David Suchet]] reprised the role of [[Hercule Poirot]] in "[[List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes#Series 12 (2010–11)|''Murder on the Orient Express'']]" (2010), a 90-minute movie-length episode of the television series ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'' co-produced by [[ITV Studios]] and [[WGBH-TV]], adapted for the screen by Stewart Harcourt. The original air date was 11 July 2010 in the United States, and it was aired on Christmas Day 2010 in the UK.

The cast includes [[Eileen Atkins|Dame Eileen Atkins]] as Princess Dragomiroff, [[Hugh Bonneville]] as Masterman, [[Jessica Chastain]] as Mary Debenham, [[Barbara Hershey]] as Mrs Hubbard, [[Toby Jones]] as Ratchett, and [[David Morrissey]] as Colonel Arbuthnot.

The character Cyrus Hardman (the former American police officer turned private detective) has been largely amalgamated with the chauffeur Foscarelli (inasmuch as being the lover of the dead maid) and Dr Constantine (who in the novel is unrelated to the murders) becomes a coconspirator, depicted as having been the Armstrong family's doctor in America.

As in the 2017 film, MacQueen's father was the prosecutor rather than the Armstrongs' lawyer, whose career was ruined after he was threatened into acquitting Cassetti. The adaptation's treatment of Ratchett's murder is much darker than the novel. The killers gather in his cabin and stab him one by one while he is drugged but awake, rather than stabbing him independently while he is unconscious. The ending dwells on Poirot's horror at the act of mob justice and his moral conflict, in view of his Catholic faith and commitment to the law, when he decides not to tell the Yugoslavian police what he knows.

The interior of the Orient Express was reproduced at [[Pinewood Studios]] in [[London]], while other locations include the [[Freemason Hall]], [[Nene Valley Railway]], and a street in [[Malta]] (shot to represent Istanbul).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murder on the Orient Express |url=http://www.agathachristie.com/poirot-tv/murder-on-the-orient-express |access-date=8 August 2014 |publisher=AgathaChristie.com}}</ref>

====Japanese TV adaptation (2015)====
A Japanese adaptation was broadcast over two nights in January 2015 on [[Fuji Television]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=オリエント急行殺人事件 – フジテレビ |trans-title=Orient Express Murder Case – Fuji Television |url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/orientexpress/index.html |access-date=10 March 2016 |website=フジテレビ}}</ref> titled ''{{illm|Orient Kyuukou Satsujin Jiken|ja|オリエント急行殺人事件 (2015年のテレビドラマ)}}'', and it featured several famous actors, including [[Kazunari Ninomiya|Ninomiya Kazunari]], [[Nanako Matsushima|Matsushima Nanako]], [[Hiroshi Tamaki|Tamaki Hiroshi]], [[Michiko Kichise|Kichise Michiko]], [[Toshiyuki Nishida|Nishida Toshiyuki]], and [[Ikki Sawamura|Sawamura Ikki]]. The main character, Suguro Takeru, modeled on Hercule Poirot, was played by actor [[Mansai Nomura|Nomura Mansai]].

The first night featured a storyline true to the original text, but set in Japan in 1933. In this version, the train ''Orient Kyuukou'' ran from the western city of [[Shimonoseki]] to [[Tokyo]], with the train stopped by a small avalanche near [[Sekigahara, Gifu]].

The second night was an original story.

====Chinese TV adaptation (2022)====
The first four episodes of ''Checkmate'' (''Min guo da zhen tan'') is based on the story. [[Hu Yitian]] plays Si Tu Yan, a young lawyer from Peking who was dismissed from his post for sticking to his principles. He comes to Harbin to become a detective where he meets the forthright and wealthy friend Luo, played by [[Zhang Yunlong]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Checkmate (TV Series 2022) – IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt22798340/reference/ |access-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>

===Stage===
American playwright [[Ken Ludwig]] adapted the novel into a play, ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (play)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'', which premiered at the [[McCarter Theatre]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]] on 14 March 2017. The production was directed by [[Emily Mann (director)|Emily Mann]], and starred [[Allan Corduner]] in the role of [[Hercule Poirot]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=15 March 2017 |title=Max Von Essen, Julie Halston, and More Star in Murder on the Orient Express |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/max-von-essen-julie-halston-and-more-cast-in-murder-on-the-orient-express |journal=[[Playbill]] |publisher=Brightspot |access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>

In 2024, [[Old Globe Theatre]] presented the [[Asolo Repertory Theatre]] Production reprise of the Ken Ludwig adoption. Andrew Sellon led the cast in the starring role previously played at [[Maltz Jupiter Theatre]]. The stage's turntable rotated between the train exterior, the dining car, the sleeping compartments, and the parlor car as snow effects set the scene.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express |journal=Performance Magazine |date=13 October 2024 |volume=2024 |issue=October |page=P4 |url=https://www.theoldglobe.org/shows--tickets/current-and-upcoming/ |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>

===Comics===

On 12 September 2023, ''Murder on the Orient Express'' was adapted into an authorized graphic novel illustrated by Bob Al-Greene and published by William Morrow Paperbacks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Agatha |date=12 September 2023 |title=''Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel'' |publisher=William Morrow Paperbacks |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/murder-on-the-orient-express-the-graphic-novel-agatha-christie?variant=41049413550114}}</ref>

===Games===

A board game based on the novel named ''[[Orient Express (board game)|Orient Express]]'' was released in 1985. 

The [[point and click]] computer game ''[[Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express]]'' was released in November 2006 for Windows and expanded on Agatha Christie's original story, revolving around Antoinette Marceau – a new character created specifically for the game – as [[Hercule Poirot]] (voiced by [[David Suchet]]) is ill and recovering in his train compartment.

On October 19, 2023, [[Microids]] released a new video game adaptation titled ''Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express''. Having one prologue and thirteen chapters, ''Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express'' faithfully adapts and modernizes the novel's plot, with the main characters retaining their original names and using mobile phones and computers. Players alternately take on the two roles of Poirot and an American detective named Joanna Locke. For four years, Locke has been investigating the kidnapping and murder of Daisy Armstrong, and boarded the ''Orient Express'' in a failed attempt to arrest Cassetti for the crime and prove Susanne's innocence. Switching between flashbacks and the present time, the in-game investigation progresses as Poirot and Locke exchange clues regarding Cassetti and the Armstrong case. While the first eight chapters of the game adapt the entire novel, a twist expands the plot by adding a thirteenth killer, who had murdered Cassetti before the Armstrongs' and Susanne's loved ones unleashed their revenge on him. The five remaining chapters of the game revolve around Poirot and Locke hunting down the perpetrator and bringing to light Cassetti's own crimes and other victims. ''Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express'' is available on PC and PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch consoles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express'' |date= 19 October 2023 | url=https://www.microids.com/game-agatha-christie-murder-on-the-orient-express/ |publisher= Microids }}</ref>