Death on the Nile (1978 film)
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UK original film poster
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| Directed by | John Guillermin |
| Produced by |
John Brabourne Richard B. Goodwin |
| Screenplay by | Anthony Shaffer |
| Based on |
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie |
| Starring |
Peter Ustinov Jane Birkin Lois Chiles Bette Davis Mia Farrow Jon Finch Olivia Hussey George Kennedy Angela Lansbury Simon MacCorkindale David Niven Maggie Smith Jack Warden I. S. Johar |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Malcolm Cooke |
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Production
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Mersham Productions
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| Distributed by |
EMI Films (UK) Paramount Pictures (US) |
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Release date
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Running time
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134 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.92 million |
| Box office | $14,560,084 (US) |
Death on the Nile is a 1978 British mystery film based on Agatha Christie's 1937 novel of the same name, directed by John Guillermin and adapted by Anthony Shaffer. The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, played by Peter Ustinov, plus an all-star supporting cast including Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, George Kennedy and Jack Warden.
It takes place in Egypt, mostly on a period paddle steamer on the Nile River. Many of the cultural highlights of Egypt are also featured in the film, such as the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and temples at Abu Simbel and Karnak, even though the locations are not in sequence. The boat trip starts in Aswan, follows to Karnak and then to Abu Simbel which is upstreams from Aswan. Furthermore, it was never possible to go by boat from Aswan to Abu Simbel, even before the Aswan Dam was built because of the cataracts near Aswan.
Death on the Nile won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 51st Academy Awards.
The film begins with a meeting between wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles) and her close friend Jacqueline de Bellefort (Mia Farrow). Jackie wants her fiancé, Simon Doyle (Simon MacCorkindale), to work for Linnet, but he and Linnet have a whirlwind affair and end up marrying. While honeymooning in Egypt, they are continually hounded by the jilted Jackie. In an attempt to get away, the Doyles pretend to go to the Cairo Railway Station before backtracking to board their booked cruise on a Nile paddle steamer, the S.S. Karnak.
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