Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

29/9/1978 2h 20m 7.1/10

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

Chris Carreras

Top Billed Cast

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Hercule Poirot

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Marie Van Schuyler

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow

Jacqueline de Bellefort

Lois Chiles

Lois Chiles

Linnet Ridgeway Doyle

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Louise Bourget

Jon Finch

Jon Finch

James Ferguson

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/4/2023

8/10

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!!!

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