A 1974 film by Sidney Lumet adapting Agatha Christie's novel, in which Hercule Poirot investigates a murder on a snowbound train and discovers that all twelve suspects are collectively guilty.
Was the first Lumet film young Nolan encountered, introducing him to the director's ensemble proceduralism and his adaptation of Christie's radical conclusion — that collective justice can supersede institutional law.
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