I liked this film very much. In the 1978 version, I fell in love with the "Belgian villain" detective Poirot all of a sudden.
Briefly introduce the group of people on the boat on the Nile.
Lynette, young and beautiful, inherited a huge fortune from her father. Lynette married Doyle, the boyfriend of her good friend Jackie, who was also murdered. Jackie, Lynette's good friend, from a modest family, has a boyfriend Doyle who loves each other. Under Jackie's recommendation, Doyle came to work at Jackie's friend Lynette's manor. Doyle and Lynette get married. Doyle, Jackie's ex-boyfriend and Lynette's husband, lives in distress and is a talented man. Poirot, the great detective, smart, with a keen sense of smell and insight. Colonel Reiss, Poirot's assistant. Louis, Lynette's maid. Salome, a light novelist.
Lynette was murdered, and everyone had a motive and time to commit the crime, except her husband Doyle and her friend Jackie. Doyle and Jackie have an alibi. The night Lynette was murdered, Doyle and Jackie had an argument, and then Jackie shot Doyle with a gun. Doyle was shot and Jackie was in a trance. . One was treated urgently by a doctor, the other was kindly reassured by a nurse.
Others were not so lucky. The doctor had a motive. Linnett had an argument with the doctor the night before. Linnett threatened the doctor to do things according to her wishes, or else the doctor's reputation would be ruined. After Jackie and Doyle's argument, the doctor has every time to pick up the gun and assassinate Lynette. Mr. Ferguson, who carried Doyle to the doctor's room, also had time to kill Lynette, because Mr. Ferguson had cursed Lynette, believing Lynette was a "vampire" and "should kill her". The novelist daughter also had time to pick up the gun and kill Lynette, saying "there is no slander against the dead". Nurse Bowers also had a motive for committing the crime, that is, Lynette's father used despicable business methods to destroy her father and make her a servant. The maid Louis also had a motive. She wanted to leave, but Lynette refused, so Louis hated Lynette. Mrs. Van Schuyler, who coveted Lynette's pearl necklace, and said "did my life to get it". Pennington, who tried his best to coax Lynette into a questionable contract.
After investigating everyone's motives and time, there was a momentary pause. The maid was then killed because she was greedy for money. Erotic novelist Salome also died. She saw the murderer who killed Louis and was silenced by the murderer. Detective Poirot restores the truth of the case.
The truth is that Doyle and Jackie are still in love, and they try to murder Lynette to take over her property. It turned out that Doyle and Jackie quarreled, Jackie shot and did not hit Doyle, Doyle pretended. Taking advantage of the two or three minutes when everyone was gone, Doyle ran into the room to kill Lynette, then returned to the lounge and shot in the thigh. Louis sees it all, so Jackie kills her. Salome sees Jackie again, so Jackie shoots Salome again.
Really a great story.
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