sentences:  Axelrod admitted the script was "not like the stuff I normally do, which is two people in and around a bed" but he agreed to do the adaptation because "this picture is actually going to be shown in theatres for actual people to see".Axelrod's involvement resulted from ABC TV wanting him to write a version of "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) – he suggested they buy the rights to "Night Train" or "The Lady Vanishes".He ended up writing three different versions of "The Lady Vanishes" for ABC, but none was picked up.