7.2
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.
Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot
Jane Birkin
Louise Bourget
Lois Chiles
Linnet Ridgeway Doyle
Bette Davis
Marie Van Schuyler
Mia Farrow
Jacqueline de Bellefort
Jon Finch
James Ferguson
Olivia Hussey
Rosalie Otterbourne
I.S. Johar
Mr. Choudhury
George Kennedy
Andrew Pennington
Angela Lansbury
Salome Otterbourne
Simon MacCorkindale
Simon Doyle
David Niven
Colonel Race
Maggie Smith
Miss Bowers
Jack Warden
Ludwig Bessner
Harry Andrews
Barnstaple
Sam Wanamaker
Rockford
Celia Imrie
Maid (uncredited)
Saeed Jaffrey
Servant (uncredited)
Barbara Hicks
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
François Guillaume
Doublure Lumière (uncredited)
Reg Lye
Workman (uncredited)
Andrew Manson
Egyptian (uncredited)
Director
John Guillermin
Novel
Agatha Christie
Screenplay
Anthony Shaffer
June 4, 2023
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!!!
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$7,920,000.00
Revenue:
$14,560,084.00