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Death on the Nile
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.
1978 · Directed by John Guillermin · 140 min · Mystery · 19 frames
Tagline
A murderer strikes on board the luxury Nile steamer Karnak – and Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling case.
Crew
- Screenplay: Anthony Shaffer
- Cinematography: Jack Cardiff
- Edited by: Malcolm Cooke
- Music: Nino Rota
- Production design: Peter Murton
- Produced by: John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin
Cast
- Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
- Jane Birkin as Louise Bourget
- Lois Chiles as Linnet Ridgeway Doyle
- Bette Davis as Marie Van Schuyler
- Mia Farrow as Jacqueline de Bellefort
- Jon Finch as James Ferguson
- Olivia Hussey as Rosalie Otterbourne
- I.S. Johar as Mr. Choudhury
- George Kennedy as Andrew Pennington
- Angela Lansbury as Salome Otterbourne
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: German, English, French, Arabic
- Studios: Mersham Productions, EMI Films
- Budget: $7,920,000
- Box office: $14,560,084
- Themes: egypt, based on novel or book, paddleboat, pyramid, cruise, nile, sphinx, murder, cruise ship, whodunit
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