Writes Ralph Raico: Many appreciations of the great movie director Sidney Lumet have appeared since his recent death at age 86. My favorite from his many films is Murder on the Orient Express. I love Agatha Christie, who rather liked the movie, except for Hercule Poirot’s much diminished moustache. Dame Agatha didn’t realize that the luxuriantly hirsute upper lip she favored would look ridiculous on film. What an all-star cast, with Albert Finney as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (“I do not approve of murder”), Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Sean Connery, the wonderful Wendy Hiller as the … Continue reading Sidney Lumet, RIP