Death on the Nile
“A murderer strikes on board the luxury Nile steamer Karnak – and Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling case.”
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.
Details
Release Date: 9/29/1978
Runtime: 140 minutes
Languages: German, English, French, Arabic
Director: John Guillermin
Budget: $7.9M
Revenue: $14.6M
Production
Companies: Mersham Productions, EMI Films
Countries: United Kingdom
Where to watch · US
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CinemaSerf
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!!!
