Death on the Nile

9/29/19782h 20m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A murderer strikes on board the luxury Nile steamer Karnak – and Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling case. ~

Overview:

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.

Director:

John Guillermin

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$7,920,000.00

Revenue:

$14,560,084.00

Key words:

egypt
based on novel or book
paddleboat
pyramid
cruise
nile
sphinx
murder
cruise ship
whodunit
cobra
shipboard
murder mystery
1930s

Cast

Peter Ustinov

~ as ~

Hercule Poirot

Jane Birkin

~ as ~

Louise Bourget

Lois Chiles

~ as ~

Linnet Ridgeway Doyle

Bette Davis

~ as ~

Marie Van Schuyler

Mia Farrow

~ as ~

Jacqueline de Bellefort

Jon Finch

~ as ~

James Ferguson

Olivia Hussey

~ as ~

Rosalie Otterbourne

I.S. Johar

~ as ~

Mr. Choudhury

George Kennedy

~ as ~

Andrew Pennington

Angela Lansbury

~ as ~

Salome Otterbourne

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
8
This a corker of a whodunnit - and what chance you could ever get a cast like this together again without it being a computer generated festival of egos? Mia Farrow, Jane Birkin, a scene-stealing Angela Lansbury, George Kennedy, Maggie Smith and an incomparable Bette Davis are all likely suspects as a fabulously wealthy Lois Chiles is bumped off in her cabin aboard a luxury cruise down the Nile. Luckily, though - for us, and them - Peter Ustinov and David Niven are on hand to resolve this mysterious crime. As the films develops you realise just how odious and horrid the murdered woman was - I found that I wanted to kill her too!! Great fun with a superb Nina Rota score that really makes this a diamond of a film. I read, with trepidation, that Sir Kenneth Branagh is to remake this in 2020 - hmmm!!!