Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

Following Albert Finney's quirky and compelling performance as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in 1974's Murder on the Orient Express, Peter Ustinov capably took over the role in this 1978 adaptation of Christie's river-bound whodunit. While on a pleasure cruise along the Nile with a taciturn companion (David Niven), Poirot slips into action following the murder of a much-despised heiress (Lois Chiles). There's no shortage of suspects... until, that is, they also start dying off, obfuscating the investigation by suggesting that several killers may be at work. With a disciplined screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, the film is solid enough (certainly better than its 1981 follow-up, Evil Under the Sun) and is graced immeasurably by a glittery cast including Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, Jack Warden, and Angela Lansbury. Directed with customary efficiency by John Guillermin (King Kong, The Towering Inferno). --Tom Keogh

Genre: Mystery
Director(s): John Guillermin
Stars: Peter Ustinov, David Niven, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow
Production: EMI Films Ltd.
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
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PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Year:
1978
140
2,797 Views

Miss Bowers:
It's more than likely, it has been my experience that men are least attracted to women who treat them well.

Mrs. Van Schuyler:
Come Bowers, it's time to go, this place is beginning to resemble a mortuary.

Miss Bowers:
Thank God you'll be in one yourself before too long you bloody old fossil!

Jim Ferguson:
You damn froggy eavesdropper.

Hercule Poirot:
Belgian! Belgian eavesdropper!

Mrs. Van Schuyler:
"You need a nice cool holiday, I was thinking of a trip along the Gobi Desert!"

Mrs Otterbourne:
Frenchmen aren't afraid of good strong sex!

Col. Johnny Race:
Why doesn't someone murder her!

Hercule Poirot:
Well maybe the world's lending libraries will band together and hire an assassin!

Jacqueline De Bellefort:
Simon was mine and he loved me, then SHE came along and...

Jacqueline De Bellefort:
...sometimes, I just want to put this gun right against her head, and ever so gently, pull the trigger. When I hear that sound more and more...

Hercule Poirot:
I know how you feel. We all feel like that at times. However, I must warn you, mademoiselle: Do not allow evil into your heart, it will make a home there.

Jacqueline De Bellefort:
If love can't live there, evil will do just as well.

Hercule Poirot:
How sad, mademoiselle.

Mrs. Van Schuyler:
You perfectly foul French upstart!

Hercule Poirot:
Belgian upstart, please madame.

Mrs. Van Schuyler:
How would a little trip down the Nile suit you?

Miss Bowers:
There is nothing I would dislike more. There are two things in the world I can't abide: it's heat and heathens.

Mrs. Van Schuyler:
Good. Then we'll go. Bowers, pack.

Salome Otterbourne:
I suppose that uncouth young man will appear now and attempt to seduce you.

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