CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: Agatha Christie’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS with Steve Hayes
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
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Classic Movie Review: Albert Finney leads a glamorous all-star cast in Sidney Lumet’s brilliant adaptation of Agatha Christie’s mystery classic; “Murder On The Orient Express” (1974). It’s all luxury, glamour and gorgeous cinematography mixed with a touch of murder and set to a sumptuous Oscar nominated score by Richard Rodney Bennett. A brilliant homage to old fashioned Hollywood glamour that will be sure tickle your holiday spirit! Steve Hayes: Tired Old Queen at the Movies
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Thanks. Ingrid Bergman did her big scene all in one long take. And for this she received her third Oscar.
Agrees but it was a lot more than that one scene don’t you think with respect
I remember being taken to this in 1974 as a 10 year old by my parents, both of whom were Christie fans. We went to an evening screening, which I'd never done before. It was my first 'grown-up' movie experience. I was utterly enthralled.
What a good one to start with! Smart parents!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Indeed. And for me, Albert Finney is still the quintessential Poirot, despite all the years of exposure that David Suchet has had in the role.
" And tell me Mrs Hubbard, did you keep you eyes close when all your husbands made love to you ? "
" It helped ! "
Love all the great, witty dialogue.
The best Agatha Christie adaptation. A lot of glamor here Albert Finney was perfect.
I agree. For all-star line -ups mixed with alotta glamour, it's hard to resist.
When the cast enjoys themselves the film is a joy to watch.
Like "Death on the Nile" released during the same time period, this movie is OUTSTANDING. I cannot fathom a remake of perfection. From start to finish a masterpiece. I watch both from time to time. All star cast makes this an old Hollywood tour de force.
It's glamour personified. Exactly what Lumet wanted!
One of the things that makes this film so great is that every character is clearly after something.
And they all have a "past". Lovely! I love this film! Thanks so much!! So delghted you watch! Do you subscribe? If not, PLEASE do!
Albert has always been a favorite. He really brought out the affectations and vanities of Christie's iconic detective. And what is more important, that fear of aging, and surly nature. He is very "continental" and what is most important doesn't permit himself to be a grotesque version of them. He is in every sense of the books Hercule Poirot.
I loved him too!
Steve,
Thanks for this terrific review! You really did justice to this wonderful film.
The virtually unrecognizable Albert Finney was, in my opinion, THE BEST Poirot! I wish he had played the Belgian detective in future Agatha Christie films (e.g. "Death on the Nile"). Was never a fan of Ustinov as Poirot.
I recall seeing this film with my entire family in my hometown's theatre during its original run.
And the score! What a masterpiece! I play the soundtrack in my car often.
Only 4 of the original cast members are still with us...
I look forward to more of your great content.
Best always,
Paul
Hey Paul; Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. I love this film as well and so did Agatha. She finally got to see a film of her wotk that she was really enthusiastic about . I love Sidney Lumet, he could do anyhting and his whole concept of going for the glamour, made it such fun, right down to the light. & lovely score. I've always been a big Christie fan...in fact... she died on my brithday in 1976. Have a wonderful 4th. Please subscribe if you haven't and stay SAFE, Buddy! Best Steve
I haven't seen this one since I was a kid, but I will see if Netflix has it. I remember the brilliant ending and that the lovely Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for her performance.
It's terrific!
Sorry to be late to the party, but I just wanted to say, having read the book I think this is the film which sticks closest to the original source material. Also, when Agatha saw the 1940s American version of 'And then there were none', where the ending is changed, she did say that it was a better ending than the book and she'd wished she'd written it like that. Finally, years ago I won a contest at work and the price was lunch on the restored Art Deco Orient Express coaches. I was in heaven and I have to say the set designer did a really excellent job. Art Deco can be so badly done in the movies.
WOW! How cool that must have been! Thanks you for sharing this and for watching! Best; Steve
It is such a glamorous, glossy film...no wonder I love it so much! LOVE your reviews, Steve. Fabulous as always.
Thank you!
I saw this splendid film just because it featured Richard Widmark. Woa! All the cast members were magnificent. The writing, direction, cinematography, everything 5 stars. Steve Hayes presentation skills get another five stars. a keeper.
Thanks so much. I LOVE Widmark in everything!
Sidney Lumet shows his brilliance as director handling diverse actors ...
He, Mike Nichols and Robert Altman were the great actor's directors of the period.
This is such a gorgeous film. The fabulous cast, the luxury of the train - and the score was brilliant, because the moment it begins you have the feeling of a powerful train in motion. You set out on a journey with the passengers, and everything that happens comes as a surprise. So well acted, by everybody, and I think Wendy Hiller wore almost as much make up as Albert Finney, because ages later I saw her in a play on television and she looked decades younger than her age. You're so right about Agatha Christie using real life events to inspire her plots (including "The Mousetrap") and whilst this plot is obviously to do with the Lindbergh kidnapping, the actual stranding of the Orient Express in a snowdrift also really happened. She travelled on that train and would have known all about it. I love Peter Ustinov, who played Poirot in the successors to this film, but Albert Finney was the only Poirot who incorporated his limp! No wonder that not long after this film came out an entrepreneur set about finding as many old carriages as he could and having them renovated so that travelling on the Orient Express could become a reality again. There's a whole industry in England still devoted to finding the old carriages and restoring them. And would you believe that the first class carriages all had women's names? A cast to dream of, a perfect Poirot and all the glamour of that train. I beg you, Steve, don't subject yourself to Kenneth Branagh's massacre of the same plot - wearing a dead animal under his nose and sitting outside the train in a lounge suit surrounded by CGI snow and ice - no, I won't think about it, I'll just watch this wonderful film yet again. Best wishes, Alida
Not to worry, My Dear Friend. I avoid the Branagh versions. Chiefly because they don't begin to have the glamourous casts and they make Poirot ot to be a studly/macho hero. I realize the it business aspect of the Christie estate, trying to conform to the times and keep the franchize alive, but not by making it into a rip off "Indian Jones" & Marvel. Although I think Braangh is a solid film maker at times, I loved " Belfast" and " Henry V" and he did a nifty imitation of Olivier in; " My Week With Marilyn". All in all, I think he's ' a legend in his own mind". Now as to " Murder On The Orient Express". I Loved the excentricity of Finney. I was delighted by the humor of Ustinov. But I adore the meticulousness of David Suchet. Further more, I think the reason the first three of the all-star vehicles were so effective was the result of Sidney Lumet and his insistence that it be a delghtful/ glamourous homage as well as a classic mystery. Being an old movie fan himself, he was fortunate enough to be able to pick from an array of the stars he grew up watching. He set the tone for all the others. If anyone really deserves the kudos for " Muder On The Orient Express", it's Lumet. In addition...no, I'm not done yet.Sorry... I think if anyone of the character actors should have been nominated, it should have been Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins or the brilliant Rachel Roberts. Hope your summer is delightful so far. So nice, asl always, to recieve your wonderful comments. Give my regards to the #29 bus and wonderful Trafalgar Square. Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Gladly dear Steve, but I just wish the insects didn't like biting me so much. I only visited America once, long ago, and was totally unprepared for what it was like when I left Manhattan. Oh, and although I stayed in an excellent New York hotel I walked a lot and told my agent I only felt really at home on 42nd Street - he had the vapours. Best, Alida
I love your Joan Crawford santa picture behind you!
Absoluetly!
Steve, B4 I forget, I have to compliment you on using " Let's all go to the lobby" as your farewell. You've chosen another classic! Instead of a favorite movie I have 100 favorite movies. I started my list when I was 12 years old, with 10 movies. Now I'm 68. Lumet's Murder on the Orient Express is on the list! My dad was a newspaperman, and he got all us kids hooked on true crime. I love the way this movie srokes and kisses all the details of the Lindbergh kidnapping, with the newspaper montage at the beginning. Steve, again another plaudit for you- your Tony Perkins impression is flawless.❤
Wow! Thanks for the Tony Perkins compliment. You made my day and for mentioning the closing song, which I heard throughout my childhood at the movies. As often, you made my day! Steve
Great review. The opening montage of the kidnap and the media circus to that eerie swirling music with those accents creeped the hell out of me. And the "Daisy Found Slain" headline still makes me shudder at the thought of it.
Brilliant openeing an the score by Richard Rodney Bennett is incredible.
I love the cast in this film. They were able to round up fantastic Hollywood talents for this.
And Sidney Lumet's masterful direction! Superb!
And some great British character actors aswel
I saw this film on its initial release in December of 1974. Thank you Steve for bringing back so many wonderful memories!
Oh, I so love this movie, it was such a luxury. It made you want to travel by train the the "back of beyond". Thanks for watching!
Just watch out for Lauren Bacall & the rest of the gang. 😅 I had a friend who was Lauren’s dresser on the National Tour of WOMEN OF THE YEAR and the stories along with her antics would curl your hair. In her defense she was a middle aged woman fronting a very long & physical show, 8 times a week. This may explain why she was in such a bad mood so much of the time. And there indeed is some truth to the fact that the producers had to pay members of the cast to show up to her birthday party. Half the cast wore garlic garlands with silver crosses under their clothes whenever they approached her. And she broke up with Harry Guardino during the Tour which all added to the ‘drama.’ My friend would recount the fights backstage which were awful. Lauren to Harry one night, “Lest I remind you that you are nothing more than a supporting player in a show that stars me.” Harry responded “You f**king pr**k, I’ll kill you!” My friend said that he swore at her as if she was a man. She made a joke and said technically Harry should have said “You f**king c**t.” It made for a weird year and a half on the road. The cast & crew actually got flak jackets from the local Army surplus store in Detroit and had them monogrammed with I SURVIVED THE WOTY NATIONAL TOUR. When asked if Lauren wanted one she said “They were for hunger and she’d die first before donning one of those monstrosities.” She was definitely a character.
I have just become obsessed with your reviews!!!!!! Could you please please please make a review of Otto Preminger´s film Laura (1944) don´t ever stop doing reviews you are amazing!
I reviwed "Laura" some time back. Check it out and many thanks!
I can't stop watching your reviews. They make me so happy. You're fabulous!
Oh Cheryl, you make ME so happy!
Love, love, love your reviews! Happy Holidays, guys!
Another WONDERFUL review !! Thank you Steve ..... and gang
Jackie Bisset is a goddess in this with her entrance at the station alongside Betty Bacall who also makes a sensational entrance in fact the whole cast is the best cast of all times but in my opinion Rachel Roberts takes the acting honours
Oh I totally agree! Rachel Roberts is magnificent. From the quiet dignity to the way she speaks beautiful German just under her breath as she moves through the cars. She knows who she is and what she is and is both proud and bitter at her circumstances. She doesn't suffer fools gladly. And of all of them, in the murder sequence, I love the way she stabs! My absolute favorite. Thanks for the comment and for watching! Best; Steve
I love this movie. It never gets old and all of the performances are first rate.
Wonderful. Thank you, Steve.
OMG this is one of my favourite movies! I thought it was interesting how 15 or 20 years prior Albert Finney and Rachel Roberts played lovers in a British film lol
victoria grant Finney was so hot! And Poirot?!
Saturday Night Sunday Morning (Finney and Roberts). It's playing right now on TCM
Two of the best! Love her in this! So austere!
Have a merry Christmas guys, after all these years I still love all your recommendations.
Thanks!
Sean Connery really was handsome in this pic .
And Albert Finney a revelation as Poirot . This really is the
best version of this classic mystery .
Oh....and Wendy Miller was sublime.
Miller ..!?!......Hiller..!!!
I so agree! Thanks for watching! Best Wishes; Steve
Albert Finney was nominated for his ridiculous melodramatic overacting.
Lauren Bacall and Micheal York are my favourites here. They are GREAT.
Thanks for watching! I hope you subscribe and have a terrific summer! Best; Steve
This movie is escapist paradise. I grew up on Agatha Christie, so when this showed up? Perfection! Cracks me up that Mr. NYC Sidney Lumet was cleverly hired to direct such a British production, always seems to me to be the flip side of his Twelve Angry Men (spoiler!). Love that he gives his all star cast a curtain call at the end. Between this and The Shootist, Lauren Bacall is unsurprisingly moving playing widows. Because Bergman took the "lesser" role, Lumet decided to shoot her interview without cutting away from her. Because he let her run with it, when they were done she gave him a big kiss. And they gave her the Oscar!
Wendy Hiller , Tony Perkins, John Gielgud and Rachel Roberts are still my favorite performances. Thanks for watching!
Sumptuous. Everything clicked. Even if the cast were not as good the music would have carried it. And, by the same token, even if the music wasn't as good the cast would have carried it. We were blessed to have all.
Absolutely agree!
Loved this film. It's outstanding on so many levels. Like "Death on the Nile." a real all star gem
I agree!
Just finished watching the movie I did enjoy it and I really enjoyed the cast in the film albert Finney was brilliant as inspector Poirot so far I have only watched two versions of murder on the oriental Express
It's done with such joy and so mcuh old fashioned Hollywood glamour! Thanks for watching! Steve
It's very interesting to compare this version with the British television version staring David Souchet. At the end of Lumet's version, they're all happy. The other version ends on a sadder note.
I agree. I wasn't fond of the Sucet one, I found the score SO annoying with the constnat ticking. However, I loved the Sucet version of Death On The Nile. Thanks so much for watching! Best Wishes; Steve
I love this movie!!! such a classic and so glamorous! I think he achieved his goal :). I love your enthusiasm for film!
Thank you!
Love this movie , love your reviews, happy days , have a fab holidays xx
Was watching some of your videos today and now this.... what a treat:)
Thanks so much!
Love, love, love you Steve. Merry Xmas & Happy New Year to you and the entire crew that make Tired Old Queen such a delight. 👍👍😚
Every self respecting queen should know about "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (and know the lines, too). And you should do a review of the movie...please!
It's in my top 3 Old Hollywood movies ever.
Still the best version! And you're still my favourite reviewer -- happy holidays!
Thank you so much!
Brilliant review of a great film. Everyone in this is fabulous.
I think so too! Such glamour!
Completely agree with your review. Its a fantastic film and the cast were obviously having a ball. Its one of the great ensemble casts of all time and more ham than my local butchers....:)
LOL!
Thank you so much for your videos. They're always so funny and wonderful. Please do a review of Laura (1944) with the ethereal beauty Gene Tierney. I'd be grateful if you could give some side stories about the movie and her life. I'm from Vietnam so there's nothing to read about them.
She was incredibly talented, had a tragic life, suffered from mental illness, but recovered. Her autobiography is called "Self Portrait" by Gene Tierney. I reviwed "Laura" a while ago. Other films of hers you might enjoy are : "leave Her To Heaven" (her only Oscar nomination), " The Razor's Edge", The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "heaven Can Wait" and "Night and the City") Thanks for watching.
I just LOVE me some Margaret Rutherford Miss Marples. You should cover all four in one review.
You kill me...or you're trying to! LOl! Thanks I love them too!
I love, love, love this movie, and your reviews!
I LOVE, LoVE, LOVE YOU!!!!! Hope you are well and safe and that I'll see you folks again very soon, Much Love; Steve
Thank you,I always look forward to your reviews!
Thanks you, David!
Love that movie!!!!!
Me too!
You DO make me laugh!! And love the movie!!!
LOL! GOOD! Mission accomplished! Thank you so much for watching! Don't forget to subscribe and push the "LIKE" button. Stay well . Stay SAFE. Best; Steve
Love this and I also like the re make as well
YES! and THANK YOU!
RIP Albert Finney.
Happy Chanakuh Steve, do more reviews, they make me so happy!
Thank you. Same to you!
Thanks for this! Merry Christmas Steve!!
Thanks for this review! I was a teenager when this film was released and took it utterly for granted, not realizing then what a masterpiece it was (and is). At some point I discovered it and have counted it ever since among my all time favorites, not least of which because of the fabulous cast. I too have absolutely no interest in the recent remake or update or whatever they're calling it.
I'm so glad that Miss Christie liked this film and Albert Finney's incarnation of Poirot. Is it true that she was not a fan of the sixties Miss Marple movies, considering Margaret Rutherford miscast? A pity if so, because I adore the great Rutherford as Miss Marple!
It's a masterpiece of the genere! Love it!
Apparently she did not like Margaret Rutherford's performance as Miss Marple. !
Like you , I loved it and no one has
done it better.
Writers can be terribly proprietorial
about their characters - the image in their mind is often the only one
they can accept .
Old Hollywood glamour at 1:08 note the matched Louis Vuitton luggage blocking the entry to the train
The detail in this film is unsurpassed for glamour. Everything is perfect. You feel as though you are riding the train with them every minute> The light, sumptuous, score by Richard Rodney Bennett combined with thiose incredible costumes, still make it a trip you don't want to miss! Thanks for watching! Steve.
It's one of my favorite adaptions of Christie, the performances were magnificent and so were Tony Walton's costumes and sets. Did Tony Walton win an Oscar for it?
No, but I agree with you!
Great review steve. This is the best adaptation of the story, no doubt.Yet another example of an English lead actor not winning the Oscar because....they make it look EASY. i.e O'Toole, Burton, Harris. The exception being, ironically , Paul Schofield, who preferred theatre.
MRS. HUBBARD (WANTING TO ESTABLISH THE KILLER'S TIME-LINE) TO HERCULE POIROT: "Can you give me any reason WHY a man would be in MY room?!" PRINCESS DRAGOMIROFF: "I can think of NO...OTHER...REASON..." And, THAT, dear Steve Hayes, is what is called--today--a "very slow burn." I have not seen this beautiful film in--literally--years, but as always, you inspire me to view evocative cinema again, and again.
LOL! I love that moment and adore Wendy Hiller in this! The film is ful of actors doing what things that made them famous. I love Rachel Roberts, the epitome of the loyal, beleagured German caretaker, Tony Perkins channeling Norman Bates as the nervous secretary and John Gielgud, so stoic and funny. The movie is such a delight from start to finnish. Thanks fo watcing and please stay SAFE! Best; Steve
@@stevenhayes4063 Thank-you, Steve. And, remain SAFE as well.
I love love love this movie and the grand dame ms agatha christie❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
ME TOO!!!!! The queen!
Happy holidays!
Such a classic... Soooo much better than the Kenneth Branagh version, where he seems to think Poirot is a kind of Bond with moustache, rolling in the snow with heavies... I mean, seriously! And now he goes on destroying "Murder on the Nile" and utters the threat to have a go at other Agatha Christies... Arrgh! Give me THIS version anytime.
I agree. I think the reasons these early versions work so well, is the caliber of the casting. They are filled with legendary stars. We just don't have 'em like that anymore for what ever reason. Thanks for watching! Best; Steve
Agatha Christie also borrowed a tragic event in the life of Gene Tierney for the plot of " The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side ".
Yes, too bad. I thought that must have distressed Tierney no end.
Agatha Christie based the plot of The Mousetrap on a real life case. I wonder whether that play will ever be filmed.
really enjoyed thre review,albert finney is superb,never better
Finney was one of the maor ators. Always versatile. Came in did the job a, no fuss, no muss.
How is Steve not on tv?
Beats me! LOl!
Would love to see you review (maybe I missed it?) of And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians - and recently redone [excellently btw]).
It's on my list!
YAAAAAAS QUEEN!
Far better than the recent remake, The 1974 version is a bit slow after a good beginning and there's not a lot of suspense; no one on board seems concerned that there is a murderer on the train and by the end you'll know why. Elegant production, game cast and Finney is terrific.
Total Hollywood glamour!
Saw the 2017 remake - it was pretty damned impressive.
Great review of a great film But I can't take my eyes off the picture to your left of the Christmas tree ornament since I know the person who posed for it.
LOl! Naughty.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I have an amusing story about him that I won't share publicly!
You always "have a treat." Always.
Well, Ithanks, I try. Plus, I'm partial to sophisticated murder...on screen that is.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Shucks, I had a list of people I wanted you to do away with.
@@albertmorris5498 Dear Albert, I don't do family reunions. LOL! OXOXO
The remake was a colossal joke
Merry Christmas Steve ... great movie, great costumes, great hairdo's and most of all great actors. Finney nailed it to the wall. Bergman was right I remember her character as really standing out.... and so unlike her normal roles. The hairdo on Michael York.... flamboyant to a fault lol Just a classy great film in old Hollywood style with a great plot.:o)
Thanks!
I read the book first, so I knew who did it ahead of time.
That;s fine, I did oo.But for me, it isn't the mystery so much in these all star versions, as it is the brilliance of the casting! Such fun! Thanks; Steve
In keeping with Dame Agatha's works, please please please, now do "Death on the Nile"!
It's on my list!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ YAY!
@@angelabolton4478 Are you kiddin'?! Of course! Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith and Mia Farrow all in the same movie, in those Oscar winning Anthony Powell costumes? It's like the tite of a Bette Davis film; "All This and Christie Too'! LOL!
Feliz Navidad to Steve, Johnny, and the entire crew of "Tired Old Queen at the Movies"!
Thank you so much!
Ingrid Bergman in her Academy Award for Supporting Actress acceptance speech starts off with "...it's always very nice to get an Oscar..." then she goes on to praise her fellow nominee Valentina Cortese who, she felt, should had been honored the previous year, the year Cortese's film was nominated and won for Best Foreign Film, apologizes to her for winning and then walks off.
Yes. I always thought that she should have saved her comments for a one on one with Valentina. I felt sorry for Talia Shire, Madelyn Kahn and Diane Ladd all of whom gave as good or better performances in that catagory. For that matter I thought Anthony Perkins and Wendy Hiller both also deserved nominations for "Murder". Thanks for watching. Best; Steve
Great movie! John Gielgud is a fave! But David Suchet is the best Poirot.😊
Nice review,I think the ending was a huge cop out for a whodunnit and certainly won't watch the remake.merry Xmas to Steve 👍
"What does Steve Hayes say about that movie?" Thousands of us need to know.
Flattere!
Hercule Poirot " Did you keep your eyes closed when all your husbands made love to you , Mrs.Hubbard ? "
Mrs Hubbard " It helped ".
Love this movie! Loved every performance except Albert Finney, he looked like he was holding a burp
thru the entire move
And glamour is ALL it's got. No suspense (Who DOESN'T know the the solution in 2022?). Elegance, and NOTHING else.
Well, can't win 'em all. Thanks for watching! Steve
You forgot Michael York!
Didn't Bergman win a Best Supporting Actress for her role?
fanorama1 Yes! And apologized to Valentina Cortese in her acceptance speech.
Yes. I think it should have gone to Diane Ladd for "Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore".
Bacall and Bergman - who needs more?
How I wish a few of the great stars had managed to survive through the period when they were doing these. I would have loved to have seen Rosalind Russell, Susan Hayward or Joan Crawford all decced out in the period costumes and having a ball.
God bless Tony Walton I need to do a video on him.
I need to get into Wendy Hiller's black outfit with the egret feathers, just to hang around the house in. Hope all is well with you, stay SAFE and thanks for watching! All The Best; Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Have chalk white foundation and black lipstick, you think the Countess was goth before they coined the term?
Love Agatha Christie and this version was my favorite. The Suchet version was too dreary,depressing and ponderous. As for the Branaugh version, the less about that absurdity the better. He plays a music hall version of Poirot. I shudder to think what he would do with "Death on the Nile" - just who can compare with Peter Ustinov, David Niven, Maggie Smith and the legend Bette Davis.
In the book, the director's name was Bouc, a Belgian, like Poirot , but in this movie his name was Bianche, played by Martin Balsam who I thought was hilarious. His Italian wasn't bad but the gentleman who plays Foscarelli spoke his few lines in Italian very well.
I totally agree on all accounts!
his last few videos have played poorly for me- the audio will keep going, but the video scrambles and freezes...any one else????? He forgot to mention it won Bergman her 3rd Oscar!
For me, this lush atmospheric masterpiece, is stolen in every scene Wendy Hiller occupies.
I totally agree and think that if anyone should have gotten the Oscar for t, it should have been Dame Wendy...with Rachel Roberts a close second.
poor Rachel Roberts, Jeez. did every woman involved with Rex Harrison, killed themselves?!
Alot of then died tragically. I never got the appeal.
I think that’s hilarious… She forgot how to do a Swedish accent! That explains why her Swedish accent is so terrible even though she’s Swedish! Lol
There you go.
Not as good as Ustinov
Well, there are alot of, members in both camps. So, I like the variety. Thanks for watching! Steve
Sorry Steve, but it's a star strewn turkey only surpassed by Kenneth Branagh's stultifyingly dull adaptation. Only Ingrid Bergman comes out of this movie with any credit. Merry Xmas.
Wrong.