1930年，纽约发生了一起骇人听闻的绑票撕票案，主谋卡塞蒂携赎金逍遥法外。 5年后，侦探赫丘里·波罗（艾伯特·芬尼 饰）乘船渡过博斯普鲁斯海峡，并在朋友比安奇（马丁·鲍尔萨姆 饰）的安排下登上东方快车，去往伦敦。一日凌晨，波罗被隔壁10号包间的叫声惊醒。随后，因雪堆掩埋铁轨，列车被迫停于南斯拉夫境内。波罗再次睡下不久，又被吵嚷声惊醒。贵妇哈里特·贝琳达·哈伯德（劳伦·巴考尔 饰）声称10号包间的富翁雷切特（理查德·威德马克 饰）潜入了自己的11号包间。天亮后，雷切特的管家贝多斯（约翰·吉尔古德 饰）端来了饮料，却敲不开10号包间的门。列车员皮埃尔·保罗·米歇尔（让-皮埃尔·卡塞尔 饰）用钥匙开了锁，但是里面挂了门链。波罗与皮埃尔合力扳开门，发现雷切特口角流血死不瞑目。经医生康斯坦丁（乔治·库鲁里斯 饰）检查，雷切特被下了药，身中12刀，死亡时间为0点至2点间……

　　大卫.尼文遗作，彼得.塞勒斯已逝，该续集以一个替代品主角去寻找失踪的前主角克鲁索穿针引线，导演致敬了过去的几部粉红豹电影(克鲁索博物馆、大卫尼文和卡普西尼)、倒唱的《月亮河》、《狂欢宴》的酒鬼等。最抢眼的是罗杰.摩尔客串被整容的克鲁索。电脑选人那段后来被港片《最佳拍档》借去。

　　故事发生在1817年的英国，一个奇装异服的女子现身于小镇之中，没有人知道她从哪里来，也没有人知道她到底是谁。善良的沃瑞尔夫人收留了无家可归的女子，并且通过她的种种举动开始猜测女子的真实身份。最终，人们认定了这个女人是从某个遥远的东方古国里出逃的落难公主，并且称之为卡拉布公主（菲比·凯茨 Phoebe Cates 饰），对于自己的这一身份，卡拉布从来都没有明确否认过。
　　卡拉布公主的名气越来越大，吸引了记者古奇的注意，甚至连摄政王都倾心于她的美貌和智慧。渐渐的，所有人都开始弄不清楚，面前的这个女人，究竟是真的高贵的公主，还是只是一个聪明的骗子。

　　Although the evidence appears to be overwhelming in the strangulation murder of a blackmailer, Miss Marple's sole 'not guilty' vote han gs the jury 11-1. She becomes convinced that the real murderer is a member of a local theatrical troupe, so she joins them in order to gather information. The clues lead back many years to a single disastrously unsuccessful 1951 performance of a dreadful play written by the group's hammy director, H. Driffold Cosgood. Although at that time, several of the current cast members were only children, more murders follow before Miss Marple ultimately exposes the killer.
　　英国影片。片长90分，根據Mrs. McGinty's Dead改編，原著是波羅故事。因影片将主角变为马普尔小姐和剧情的更改引起原小說作者克里斯蒂强烈不满，影片本身也遭遇票房和评论惨败。主演Margaret Rutherford还出演過另外3部以马普尔小姐为主角的电影，其中1部亦是根据波洛故事改编(「葬礼之后」)，另1部是原创剧本。80年代在多部电视剧中扮演塔彭丝的Francesca Annis也在本片中扮演一个小角色。

　　结束了破败的婚姻，美丽而怅然的女子玛丽·纪（Rachelle Lefevre 饰）独自搬入一处有着半个多世纪历史的老旧公寓。入住没多久，她便接到一同陌生来电。对方是个叫罗丝（Lorna Raver 饰）的女人，她在找她的男人。玛丽起初并未在意，可是罗丝反复来电，令她不胜其扰，而且她在偶然的情况下发现，这可能是一通穿越了时空的电话。电话线的另一头，罗丝是一名生活在20世纪70年代末的不幸女子。两个女人有了短暂的深入交流，谁知玛丽一句玩笑话导致了罗丝杀死她的丈夫。在此之后，近乎错乱的罗丝盯上了玛丽，而后者也几近崩溃，加上前夫史蒂文（Ed Quinn 饰）的骚扰更令她痛苦不堪。
　　一切朝着不可预知的方向发展……

　　一位女演员被发现在一具尸体的旁边，而她又失去了记忆，似乎没有什么能说明她不是凶手。就在法院认定她有罪并被判处死刑的时候，依然有一个人相信她是无辜的，但他能够找出足够的证据解救她吗？

　　男孩哈勒姆（杰米•贝尔 Jamie Bell 饰）自小就十分依恋母亲，他喜欢拿着妈妈的东西胡闹：拿眼线笔画眼线、拿唇膏到处涂抹、用妈妈的耳钉帮自己穿耳洞……然而，他的母亲却突然离世了，之后他的爸爸娶了他的继母。哈勒姆十分悲伤，正处在青春叛逆期的他怀疑母亲是被他的继母谋害的。于是，哈勒姆把自己慢慢于是隔绝开来，经常喜欢独自一人在树屋内远远的偷窥着别人，为的是能探究出母亲的死亡之谜，帮她复仇……

　　A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
　　What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.