Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

  • Director: John Guillermin
  • Writer: Anthony Shaffer,Agatha Christie
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English, French, Arabic, German
  • Release date: September 29, 1978
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Tod auf dem Nil
  • "Death on the Nile" is a feature film directed by John Gullamy, starring Peter Ustinov , Jane Birkin, etc. The film was released in the United States on September 29, 1978.
    The film is adapted from Agatha Christie's novel of the same name. It tells the story of three consecutive murders on a cruise ship on the Nile River, and Poirot, a Belgian detective on board, finally found the true murderer through investigation. 

    Details

    • Release date September 29, 1978
    • Filming locations Hotel Pullman Cataract, Sharia Abtal el Tahrir, Aswan, Egypt
    • Production companies Mersham Productions Ltd., EMI Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $7,920,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $14,560,084

    Gross worldwide

    $14,568,801

    Movie reviews

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    • By Axel 2022-08-08 20:13:25

      On the Nile Massacre: Human Nature is the Source of Evil

      When it comes to this star-studded movie, I think, I am old: I have seen the Chinese version and the foreign language version of this movie. Even my parents know this movie.

      However, this story illustrates the author's consistent view that love is unreliable.

      Perhaps you will notice that in the middle of the picture, they...

    • By Roselyn 2022-08-02 10:37:22

      Death on the Nile--Homicide on Board

      The film was shot in 1978, and it still looks wonderful to this day. Coming from the Eastern Train Murder Case, like the train's method, the first half of the story lays the groundwork, explaining the causes and contradictions; the middle detective, Polo, analyzes the case, and finally unravels the murderer's true face and modus operandi in public.

    • By Elouise 2022-04-22 07:01:45

      recommend

      Very flavorful old movie, the film is so long, I have never read the novel and I know that there should be very few deleted plots. The actors' acting skills obviously have the characteristics of the time. Needless to say, the plot is Agatha Christie's The adaptation of the novel is not bad, and the film still has a good Egyptian scenery to watch. I feel that it was amazing to be able to make such a high-quality film in that era. Finally, I just want to say that the young actresses in it are...

    • By Uriah 2022-04-22 07:01:45

      It has been on fire for almost a century. Her classics are all worthy of Amway.

      There is a "grandma" who is super awesome.

      Looking at the world, in addition to the "Bible" and Shakespeare series, it is her works that sell the most, with a total sales of more than 2 billion.

      In 2015, the BBC remade her work into a TV series in honor of her.

      Even the CCTV movie channel recently broadcast her classic masterpieces——

      Massacre on the Nile (1978)

      This...

    • By Eduardo 2022-04-22 07:01:45

      Why did the doctor stop the old lady Huang Shu

      First of all, I said that the clothes are really good, and then I shot it in real scenes. Those buildings in Egypt are really spectacular. The foreshadowing in the early stage is really long and long. I think it is mainly to create an innocent image of Jacqueline, her various seemingly stupid behaviors, and the detective to tell her not to go into this muddy water, including her perfect The alibi seems to imply that Jacqueline is innocent. After all, the motives of other people's murder can...

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    • By Forrest 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      I seem to have seen it before, yes, everyone has a motive to kill, but the two people with the least possibility of committing a crime are the ultimate killers. The joke about the Baltic nationality, you stinky French villain! - Belgian little man,...

    • By Justina 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      After watching it, I was stunned, this is the real detective film. At that time, I was fascinated by the "damn French guy", oh no, the "Belgian guy", and later I watched "Sin under the Sun", which is so...

    • By Maximo 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      The characters in the movie all suffer from the loss of not locking the door. The sinful door of the hotel room under Yangguan, and the door of the Nile ship not locked, all lead to a critical turning point. Especially buy Peter Ustinov's account, not overbearing wise and...

    • By Myrtis 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      Having seen Mia Farrow's "Rosemary's Baby" plus this one, I feel that she is very suitable for extreme roles, some are fragile and helpless, and some are terrifyingly tough. The rich woman has made too many enemies, so she should spend a lot of money to hire detectives and bodyguards, and the rest are...

    • By Iva 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      The first time I read it was, of course, the Shanghai Translation Newspaper. After more than 30 years, I only read the original version yesterday. At that time, I only knew it was a famous novel. After many years, I have learned more about this movie. It is really a lot of superstars. Miss Betty can be said to be a star within a star. The situation is similar to the Orient Express. But there are also more famous ones later, Miss Maggie Smith, who played Betty's servant, became popular as a...

    Movie plot

    Miss Linnet ( played by Lois Chilis), who has huge wealth , boarded the yacht "Karnak" with her newly married husband Simon ( played by Simon McKindale) to continue her honeymoon trip. But when the cruise ship was upstream on the charming Nile River, on an unrest night, the young, beautiful and rich Linnet was shot in her sleep. She was shot in the head and it was fatal. With one shot, the £50,000 necklace on the table also...
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    Evaluation action

    The uniqueness of the film's structure is that it makes things that seem possible on the surface impossible, while things that are impossible actually happen. For the characters in the film, this is a necessity for image creation, but in an extended sense, it is a mockery of the evil consciousness of mankind. As a detective film, the director did not blindly lay out the plot, but paid attention to the characterization of the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Miss Bowers: I think a shot of morphia will meet the case. I've always found it very effective when Mrs Van Schuyler is carrying on.

    • Miss Bowers: Ferguson, you'd better go and get that - that "hun" doctor from next door.

    • Col. Johnny Race: After you gave Miss Jacqueline the morphia, she never stirred all night.

      Miss Bowers: Exactly. Nervous reaction, booze, and morphia - together they'd have sunk the Titanic.