Agatha Christie's Poirot The Movie Collection, Set 5

David Suchet IS the dapper detective in Murder on the Orient Express, Third Girl and Appointment with Death, with co-stars Dame Eileen Atkins, Peter Bowles, Hugh Bonneville and Barbara Hershey. As seen on PBS Mystery! Extras include David Suchet hosting a guided tour of the Orient Express! 4¾ hours on 2 discs

Murder on the Orient Express-On board the Orient Express, an unsavory traveler (Toby Jones) is stabbed to death, and Poirot searches for the killer on the snowbound train. Also stars Barbara Hershey, Hugh Bonneville, and Dame Eileen Atkins.

Third Girl-Poirot collaborates with crime novelist Ariadne Oliver (Zoë Wanamaker) to help a young heiress who thinks she may have committed a murder. Peter Bowles and James Wilby guest star.

Appointment with Death-Hercule Poirot is visiting an archaeological dig in the Syrian Desert when the reviled wife of Lord Boynton (Tim Curry) is murdered, leaving no shortage of suspects. John Hannah and Elizabeth McGover guest star.

Disc 1
Murder on the Orient Express

Poirot searches for a killer on a snowbound train

While traveling from Istanbul to London aboard the luxurious Orient Express, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) encounters a ruthless businessman who offers him a large sum to expose the person threatening his life. Poirot declines, not caring for the man or his money. But when he is stabbed to death, the detective is determined to find the killer. With the help of an amateur sleuth (Samuel West, Van Helsing), Poirot begins to piece together the train of events leading up to the murder.

GUEST STARS INCLUDE
Eileen Atkins (Cold Mountain), Toby Jones (Frost/Nixon, Infamous), Hugh Bonneville (Iris), and Barbara Hershey (Hannah and Her Sisters)

SPECIAL FEATURES
David Suchet on the Orient Express: David Suchet hosts a guided tour of the Orient Express and its history (47 min.); 120 years with Agatha Christie; list of Poirot books; and cast filmographies

Disc 2
Third Girl

Poirot tries to clear a woman framed for murder

Distressed young heiress Norma Restarick comes to see Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) about "a murder she might have committed." The detective consults an old acquaintance, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver (Zoë Wanamaker, My Family), who lives in the same building as the young woman and her two roommates. When Norma's childhood nanny is found dead, apparently by suicide, Poirot believes he has identified the victim. Next he must deduce the killer, while Norma's family fears for her sanity.

GUEST STARS INCLUDE
Peter Bowles (To the Manor Born), Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen), and James Wilby (Gosford Park)

SPECIAL FEATURES
Cast filmographies

Disc 3
Appointment with Death

Poirot seeks the killer of a woman many wanted dead

Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) accompanies an archaeological expedition searching for the skull of John the Baptist in the Syrian Desert. What the team actually finds is a more recent corpse: the body of Lady Boynton, wife of expedition leader Lord Boynton (Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show). The woman had made many enemies during her life, and Poirot has no shortage of suspects. He digs through layers of history to discover who had motive enough to kill.

GUEST STARS INCLUDE
John Hannah (The Mummy), Cheryl Campbell (Lewis), and Elizabeth McGovern (Once Upon a Time in America)

SPECIAL FEATURES
David Suchet and Tim Curry notes and cast filmographies

Murder on the Orient Express

Directed by Philip Martin
Written by Agatha Christie, Stewart Harcourt
Produced by Karen Thrussell
Executive Produced by Damien Timmer
Original Music by Christian Henson
Cinematography by Alan Almond
Film Editing by Kristina Hetherington
Costume Design by Sheena Napier

Third Girl

Directed by Dan Reed
Written by Agatha Christie, Peter Flannery
Produced by Karen Thrussell
Executive Produced by Damien Timmer, Rebecca Eaton
Original Music by Stephen McKeon
Cinematography by Paul Bond
Film Editing by Lois Bygrave
Costume Design by Andrea Galer

Appointment with Death

Directed by Ashley Pearce
Written by Agatha Christie, Guy Andrews
Produced by Karen Thrussell
Executive Produced by Damien Timmer, Rebecca Eaton
Original Music by Stephen McKeon
Cinematography by Peter Greenhalgh
Film Editing by Paul Garrick
Costume Design by Sheena Napier