Death on the Nile (1978)
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.
- John Guillermin
- Chris Carreras
- Connie Willis
- Ted Sturgis
- Agatha Christie
- Anthony Shaffer
Rating: 7.2/10 by 785 users
Alternative Title:
Halál a Níluson - HU
Vražda na Nilu - CZ
Hercule Poirot Døden på Nilen - DK
나일 살인 사건 - KR
Mort sur le Nil - FR
Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile - GB
Tod auf dem Nil - DE
Muerte en el Nilo - ES
Śmierć na Nilu - PL
Роковое путешествие - SU
Роковое путешествие - RU
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
Deutsch
English
Français
العربية
Runtime: 02 hour 20 minutes
Budget: $7,920,000
Revenue: $14,560,084
Plot Keyword: egypt, based on novel or book, paddleboat, pyramid, cruise, nile, sphinx, murder, cruise ship, whodunit, cobra, shipboard, murder mystery, 1930s
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!!!
