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==== Tropes used by [[Murder on the Orient Express]] (''there will be non-concealed, highly spoilerific material later: you have been warned''): ==== |
==== Tropes used by [[Murder on the Orient Express]] (''there will be non-concealed, highly spoilerific material later: you have been warned''): ==== |
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* [[Adaptational Angst Upgrade]]: In the original novel and most adaptations, Hercule {{spoiler|rather cavalierly lets the murderers go free,}} but in the 1974 film and ''especially'' the 2010 ''[[Poirot]]'' versions, {{spoiler|he is deeply conflicted before finally making the choice.}} |
* [[Adaptational Angst Upgrade]]: In the original novel and most adaptations, Hercule {{spoiler|rather cavalierly lets the murderers go free,}} but in the 1974 film and ''especially'' the 2010 ''[[Poirot]]'' versions, {{spoiler|he is deeply conflicted before finally making the choice.}} |
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* [[All-Star Cast]]: The 1974 film version, which starred Albert Finney, [[Lauren Bacall]], [[Sean Connery]], [[Ingrid Bergman]], Michael York, Vanessa Redgrave, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins, Richard Widmark, and Sir John Gielgud, among others. |
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* [[Artistic Title]]: The 1974 film opens with a montage sequence by [[Richard Williams]] depicting the kidnapping and murder of Daisy Armstrong via various [[Spinning Paper|Spinning Papers]]. |
* [[Artistic Title]]: The 1974 film opens with a montage sequence by [[Richard Williams]] depicting the kidnapping and murder of Daisy Armstrong via various [[Spinning Paper|Spinning Papers]]. |
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Ratchett's portrayed as a terrible man, so there isn't much sympathy when he is killed. {{spoiler|We find out that he's so deserving of his fate that Poirot eventually lets his murderers go.}} |
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Ratchett's portrayed as a terrible man, so there isn't much sympathy when he is killed. {{spoiler|We find out that he's so deserving of his fate that Poirot eventually lets his murderers go.}} |