Romance on the Orient Express is a 1985 British romantic drama television film directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.

The film stars Cheryl Ladd and Stuart Wilson, with John Gielgud, Renée Asherson, Ralph Michael, Ruby Wax, and Julian Sands in supporting roles.

[1] Lily Parker is a sophisticated American magazine editor on a business trip in Europe with her outgoing best friend Susan Lawson.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere reminds Lily of a train trip 10 years earlier, when she was a 19-year-old college student traveling through Europe with her friend Stacey.

The conversation soon escalates into a passionate affair, but the next morning Lily makes clear that she has no desire to reignite their relationship or to see him again.

They go their separate ways and Alex leaves the Orient Express, until he finds out by accident from Susan that Lily's daughter, Alexandra (Lexa), is really nine years old, which means that he must be her father.