While traveling on the luxurious Orient Express, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) meet Samuel Ratchett (Toby Jones), an unsavory businessman who fears for his life. Not caring for the man or his money, Poirot declines his demand for professional protection. But when Ratchett is stabbed to death, the detective is determined to find the culprit. Did an assassin sneak aboard in the night- or is there a killer hiding on the snowbound train? The suspects include a meek governess (Jessica Chastain), the dead mans servant (Hugh Bonneville),an imperious princess (Eileen Atkins) , an army colonel (David Morrissey), and a pushy American (Barbara Hershey). as Poirot sorts through the conflicting clues, what he discovers may shake him to his core. Sinister and foreboding, Agatha Christie’s quintessential murder mystery is brought to life by an all-star cast and explores the nature of justice and the limits of the law.