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Death on the Nile
John Guillermin
(1978)
134min
PG Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
David Brown
Peter Ustinov takes over from Albert Finney as pernickety Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in this solid, star-studded dramatisation of Agatha Christie's paddle-steamer mystery. The plot is suitably tricky, the Egyptian locations dazzling and all the actors onboard seem to be having a terrific time - especially Angela Lansbury as a drunken writer and Maggie Smith as an acid-tongued nurse. It's only in comparison with 1974's
Murder on the Orient Express
that the film inevitably suffers - the solution isn't quite as jaw-dropping, and some of the whys and wherefores overtax credibility - but a humorous Ustinov keeps the whole thing afloat with his ability to add a twinkle to even the most earnest lines of dialogue.
Summary
Concluded.
Cast & Crew
Hercule Poirot
Peter Ustinov
Mrs Van Schuyler
Bette Davis
Colonel Rice
David Niven
Miss Bowers
Maggie Smith
Mrs Salome Otterbourne
Angela Lansbury
Dr Bessner
Jack Warden
Jacqueline de Bellefort
Mia Farrow
Louise Bourget
Jane Birkin
Linnet Ridgeway
Lois Chiles
Simon Doyle
Simon MacCorkindale
Mr Ferguson
Jon Finch
Rosalie Otterbourne
Olivia Hussey
Andrew Pennington
George Kennedy
Manager of the Karnak
I S Johar
Barnstaple
Harry Andrews
Rockford
Sam Wanamaker
Director
John Guillermin
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
EMI Dists
Guidance:
Edited for violence.
Available on:
video and DVD
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