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Collection of four mysteries based on novels by Agatha Christie. 'Murder On the Orient Express' (1974) is set in 1935 when Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is travelling to London from Istanbul on board the Orient Express. When heavy snow strands the train in Yugoslavia during the night and businessman Samuel Ratchett (Richard Widmark) is murdered, Poirot struggles with the terrible truth he uncovers.
In 'Death On the Nile' (1978) Poirot (Peter Ustinov) finds himself on the hunt for a killer whilst on holiday in Egypt after rich heiress Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle (Lois Chiles) is murdered aboard a steamship travelling down the Nile. After discovering that a number of the other passengers had reason to kill her, Poirot faces a race against time to solve the case before the ship reaches port. In 'The Mirror Crack'd' (1980), excitement runs high when feuding film stars Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak) arrive in the sleepy English village of St Mary Mead to begin work on a movie about Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I.
However, when an innocent bystander dies at a party after drinking a poisoned cocktail, the excitement turns to horror. Everyone assumes the drink was intended for Marina but Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox) is unsure who is responsible for the crime and asks Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury), his aunt, to help. As more people die, can she solve the case? Finally, in 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982), after actress Arlena Stuart Marshall (Diana Rigg) is strangled on a Mediterranean island, there is no shortage of suspects for Poirot (Ustinov) to investigate.
However, all of the other guests have alibis and so Poirot faces a difficult task to solve the case and locate a missing diamond.
