Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. A passenger is stabbed to death in a cabin that is locked on the inside. With the killer still on the train, Hercule Poirot must race against time to solve the case before anyone else is murdered. Osolated by the storm and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer amongst a dozen of the dead man`s enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again...