As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
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Death on the Nile
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This is a classic
Hahaha fantastic and great movie 🎬
I really do love this version better then TV series Poirot David Suchet's version. I love the TV series and David is an Excellent Poirot but I grew up watching Ustinov's version of this and a couple other Poirot movies he did.
I also grew up appreciating Peter's movies and TV shows he starred in too. So I just have a soft spot in my heart for this older version instead. TV series version is good but I like this movie more.
i prefer albert finney's Poirot. . . .
Someone please explain how the first attempt with a several hundred pound block was executed by Jacqueline (Mia Farrow), Either Agathe Christie or the script writers blew it big time.
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The Nile steamboat used in this movie is the same one that was used in *Khartoum*, yet another Charleton Heston spectacular from 1966. This time he got to co-star with Laurence Olivier in blackface impersonating Muhammad Ahmed Abd Allah, the self-proclaimed Mahdi who's basically a saint to Sudanese Muslims. Although he was playing a Brit, Heston didn't attempt an accent. Olivier hammed a ludicrous accent which would have probably gotten him stoned to death in contemporary Sudan. Heston comes out a lot better than Olivier in this one.
I think he most memorable scene in Khartoum is the fight between the steamboat and a swarm of Dhows. It's the only movie I've ever seen with a working Nordenfelt machine gun, a contemporary of the Gatling Gun with barrels in a row worked by a crank rather than barrels in a ring worked by a crank.
Wadi Halfa is today at the southern end of Lake Nasser, in Sudan. There is a ferry that travels from the dam at Aswan in Egypt to Wadi Halfa, but of course when both Death on the Nile and Khartoum were made, the dam and Lake Nasser existed, the side-wheel steamboat featured in both movies could no longer sail past Aswan.
The best and truest version of the novel!!!
The last time I saw this, I was much younger. In the last decade, a better Poirot arrived IMO, David Suchet !
Much Better !
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Great movie. As usual, however, Mia Farrow is the weak link.
who done it?
The actress that plays Linnett (Lois Chiles) is stunning!! Angela Lansbury is a high point too with her role . . . Funny!
I first saw this movie in a theater when it was first released, not having yet read the book, and it was the only Christie plot where I figured out the solution at the time of the murder (there was a very strong giveaway, based on the need for a tricky solution, that I will not disclose to avoid a spoiler). Even on subsequent viewings, knowing the solution does not ruin the enjoyment. The proof of a well done mystery is enjoying how it is constructed on subsequent viewings.
IMHO This is the best movie made from an Agatha Christie book, in no small part because of Anthony Shaffer’s excellent script. Christies’s books (and I read a bunch of them) always left me a bit dissatisfied because she didn’t bother to flesh out her characters. I like mysteries where the relationship between the characters, with romance included, as well as the mood, are as important as the puzzle. Shaffer’s script gives each character a personality, builds relationships, and establishes a definite mood. The production fills in with beautiful costumes, lavish sets, gorgeous views of Egypt, and great actors. This movie definitely gave me a craving to see Egypt when I first saw it as a college student.
When I finally made it to Egypt, back in 1999, the tour guides still referenced the scene where the block falls narrowly missing Linnette and Simon. One small flaw I just noticed in the script (haven’t seen the movie for years) is when they are at Luxor and Linnette is shaken by the falling block of sandstone, Linnette says she doesn’t want to miss the “excursion to Abu Simbel that evening.” Abu Simbel is hundreds of miles south of Luxor and would require a plane ride to reach from Luxor on the same day (our excursion took up the whole day round trip by Egypt Air). In the movie (action circa 1920s), they go by boat and it would have taken them days to go from Luxor to Abu Simbel.
The recent remake doesn’t come close to this gem.
I am bit surprised that both Bette Davis and even more so Maggie Smith would take roles in this film. Both parts are minimal and not much in terms of an acting job. I can understand it more in Bette's case because she was years past her high point. But in the case of Maggie Smith, she had just won the Best Actress Oscar only nine years before and she would win it again in 78" as Best Supporting Actress. I wonder why she took this small part considering her recent career highs?
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i made it 15min, bad acting, bad directing, and sorry Agatha bad writing.
This movie never gets old.
I like the re make that came out.
But wasn't happy with how certain scenes had been completely changed.
Now this movie is a classic.
Love it.
Thank you.
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Love all Agatha book's.
This movie is so good with an all star cast. It's just superb acting at it's finest. I love Angela Lansbury in this as the gypsy woman lol before her days as Jessica Fletcher. The era in time along with the fashion of these characters brings to mind Ernest Hemingway.
When did they stop letting people climb the pyramids.
Linnet Ridgeway is hundreds of times preferable to Jackie; she is socially adept, educated, and has a lot more to offer in everything in life. Of course Simon Doyle must be small brained to care for Jackie; the only thing he has going for him is his chiseled good looks. Linnet calls him feckless when he says that he has never read a legal document in his life; he said he was “dying for a Manhattan “. In just a day or two he will put a pistol to her head and blow her away so he can be with nasty, ugly, murderous Jackie. All he needs is some money. The idea of working for it was just too much. I really enjoy Agatha Christie!
Ah the sphinx , Napoleon had his soldiers cannonball it because it was the face of Joseph from the bible , and halfway through they ran away after a great fear struck them , later to be executed by Napoleon . Little known facts.
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Jackie and Simon are simply super evil! They have plotted from the beginning to kill Jackie’s friend Linnet for her money! They are simply disgusting; fortunately Poirot will figure it out and avenge the cold-blooded murder. It makes no sense either as Jackie is plain, if not ugly with a nasty personality. Linnet Ridgeway is beautiful, rich, tight-bodied
Great movie !
So good! Excellent cast!
A MASTERPIECE of mystery along with The Last of Sheila with James Coburn, Ian McShane, Richard, Benjamin, Anthony Mason and also Murder on the Orient express. The original of course with Sean Connery. The remakes have nothing on the originals. The 70's was a golden era for film making ✨ that is my favorite era for films 🎥, actors and directors. I am a old Hollywood fan through and through. Also love the great Private investigator film's like The Long goodbye,Klute and Night moves with Gene Hackman and The Drowning pool with Paul Newman. Also the political thrillers like All the Presidents men, The Parallax view, Marathon man and 3 days of the Condor, The Coversation. Just so much awesomeness came out the era.
Angela Lansbury is brilliant. Always is.
The cast in this film boasted 8 Oscars between them. Highly enjoyable.
Why should I care about the Temples of Karnak or ancient Egypt for that matter.
Can’t stomach Mia Farrow and the guy who plays Simon.
at the beginning he was a Corunal then later a Major. What a demotion
Замечательный фильм!!!Только в Советском Союзе он выходил на экраны кинотеатров под названием "Роковое Путешествие"