The first trailer for Murder On The Orient Express does the bare minimum. It sets up the fact that someone was killed on a train—an obvious plot point—and then methodically introduces the suspects played by the likes of Michelle Pfeiffer, Josh Gad, Willem Dafoe, and Daisy Ridley. Finally, it reveals the intensely mustachioed man who will be doing the investigating: Hercule Poirot, embodied by director Kenneth Branagh. He declares himself “probably the greatest detective in the world.” We’ll see if that statement proves correct come November 10.
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