Murder at the Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Orient Express

'Murder on the Orient Express' is the title of a novel by the crime writer Agatha Christie featuring the detective Hercule Poirot. The novel was made into a movie in both 1974 and 2017. The story sees Hercule Poirot investigate a murder on the Orient Express train when it becomes stuck in heavy snow.

In the 1974 movie Albert Finney played Hercule Poirot while Kenneth Branagh took the role in the 2017 version.

Answer: Perfect

'A Perfect Murder' was released in 1998 and is based on the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film 'Dial M for Murder'. 'A Perfect Murder' stars Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow as married couple Steven and Emily Taylor. The movie centres on a plot by Stephen who arranges for Emily's lover to murder her however Emily survives the attack and ends up killing her lover instead.

Answer: Foul

'Murder Most Foul' is a 1964 film starring Margaret Rutherford as Jane Marple. The plot is loosely based on Agatha Christie's novel 'Mrs McGingty's Dead'. However, although Christie is the creator of the character of Miss Marple the novel does not feature her and instead has Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver as the detectives.

Answer: St Trinian's

'Blue Murder at St Trinian's' is a 1957 comedy film and is the second instalment of the 'St Trinian's' series following on from 1954's 'The Belles of St Trinian's'. The films are based on British cartoonist Ronald Searle's 'St Trinian's School' comic strips about a girls boarding school with very strict teachers and completely unruly pupils.

In 'Blue Murder at St Trinian's' the pupils attempt to secure a tour of Europe for the school while aiding one of the girl's fathers to escape the country after he is wanted for a jewel robbery.

Answer: Anatomy

'Anatomy of a Murder' was released in 1959 and is a courtroom drama film based on Justice John D. Voekler's novel of the same title. The film was produced and directed by Otto Preminger with a screenplay by Wendell Mayes and a musical score by Duke Ellington. The novel and movie are based on a 1952 murder case where Coleman A. Peterson killed Maurice Chenoweth.

Answer: M

'Dial M for Murder' is a film from 1954 which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a play by Frederick Knott who also wrote the screenplay for the movie. The movie was originally designed to be shown in 3D using a dual-strip polarized technique however ended up largely being shown in 2D due to the difficulties in the projection process for 3D movies and a lack of interest from theatres.

The movie stars Ray Milland and Grace Kelly as married couple Tony and Margot Wendice along with Robert Cummings as Margot's lover Mark Halliday.

Answer: Manhattan

'Manhattan Murder Mystery' is a 1993 movie directed by Woody Allen who co-wrote the film with Marshall Brickman. The movie is a black comedy in which a married couple seek to investigate the death of their neighbour's wife. The married couple, Carol and Larry Lipton, are played by Diane Keaton and Woody Allen.

Answer: Death

'Murder by Death' is a 1976 film which parodies crime fiction, particularly the 'country-house whodunit'. In the film Lionel Twain, played by the novelist Truman Capote, invites five renowned detectives and their partners to his house for "dinner and a murder".

After the butler and Twain are killed the detectives have to work out who the murderer is. The five detectives are all pastiches of fictional detectives such as Sam Spade, Miss Marple and Dashiell Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles.

Answer: Your Wife

'How to Murder Your Wife' is a black comedy released in 1956 starring Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi. The movie centres on Lemmon's character, Stanley Ford, who accidentally marries Virna Lisi's character, an Italian who speaks no English, while drunk. The rest of the movie follows Ford's plots to get rid of his wife after he is unable to obtain a divorce.

Answer: Mystery

'Murder Mystery' is a 2019 movie made by Netflix. It stars Jennifer Anniston as Audrey and Adam Sandler as her husband Nick Spitz, a New York police officer, who accidentally get embroiled in a murder while on holiday in Europe.