Death on the Nile
A murderer strikes on board the luxury Nile steamer Karnak – and Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling case.
1978 | 140m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | John Guillermin |
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| Writer: | Anthony Shaffer, Agatha Christie |
| Staring: |
| As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 29, 1978 |
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| Director: | John Guillermin |
| Writer: | Anthony Shaffer, Agatha Christie |
| Genres: | Mystery |
| Keywords | egypt, based on novel or book, paddleboat, pyramid, cruise, nile, sphinx, murder, cruise ship, whodunit, cobra, shipboard, murder mystery, 1930s |
| Production Companies | EMI Films, Mersham Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $14,560,084
Budget: $7,920,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Peter Ustinov | Hercule Poirot |
| Jane Birkin | Louise Bourget |
| Lois Chiles | Linnet Ridgeway Doyle |
| Bette Davis | Marie Van Schuyler |
| Mia Farrow | Jacqueline de Bellefort |
| Jon Finch | James Ferguson |
| Olivia Hussey | Rosalie Otterbourne |
| I.S. Johar | Mr. Choudhury |
| George Kennedy | Andrew Pennington |
| Angela Lansbury | Salome Otterbourne |
| Simon MacCorkindale | Simon Doyle |
| David Niven | Colonel Race |
| Maggie Smith | Miss Bowers |
| Jack Warden | Ludwig Bessner |
| Harry Andrews | Barnstaple |
| Sam Wanamaker | Rockford |
| Celia Imrie | Maid (uncredited) |
| Saeed Jaffrey | Servant (uncredited) |
| Barbara Hicks | Schoolteacher (uncredited) |
| François Guillaume | Doublure Lumière (uncredited) |
| Reg Lye | Workman (uncredited) |
| Andrew Manson | Egyptian (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dyson Lovell | Casting |
| Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Anthony Shaffer | Screenplay |
| Wayne Sleep | Choreographer |
| Ted Sturgis | Second Assistant Director |
| John Guillermin | Director |
| Jack Cardiff | Director of Photography |
| Anthony Powell | Costume Design |
| Malcolm Cooke | Editor |
| Terry Ackland-Snow | Art Direction |
| Chris Kelly | Assistant Editor |
| Chris Carreras | Assistant Director |
| John Richards | Sound Recordist |
| Barrie Melrose | Production Manager |
| Nicholas Stevenson | Sound Editor |
| Edna Tromans | Publicist |
| John Cardiff | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Frank Elliott | Focus Puller |
| W.C. 'Chunky' Huse | Grip |
| Brian Ackland-Snow | Art Direction |
| Peter Murton | Production Design |
| Marcus Dods | Conductor |
| John W. Mitchell | Sound Recordist |
| Jim Brennan | Location Manager |
| Connie Willis | Continuity |
| Ahmed Sami | Production Manager |
| Keith Hamshere | Still Photographer |
| Brian Harris | Accountant |
| Betty Glasow | Hairdresser |
| Alec Mills | Camera Operator |
| Bill Rowe | Sound Recordist |
| Ron Purdie | Unit Manager |
| Elisabeth Woodthorpe | Production Secretary |
| John Paterson | Construction Manager |
| Rosemary Burrows | Costume Supervisor |
| Freddie Williamson | Makeup Artist |
| Ramon Gow | Hairdresser |
| Agatha Christie | Novel |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard Goodwin | Producer |
| John Brabourne | Producer |
| Norton Knatchbull | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 27 | 37 | 18 |
| 2024 | 5 | 30 | 40 | 19 |
| 2024 | 6 | 25 | 41 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 28 | 47 | 17 |
| 2024 | 8 | 26 | 61 | 18 |
| 2024 | 9 | 21 | 45 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 29 | 51 | 17 |
| 2024 | 11 | 25 | 46 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 29 | 46 | 16 |
| 2025 | 1 | 24 | 36 | 14 |
| 2025 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 956 | 956 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 149 | 467 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 505 | 720 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 670 | 805 |
This a corker of a whodunnit - and what chance you could ever get a cast like this together again without it being a computer generated festival of egos? Mia Farrow, Jane Birkin, a scene-stealing Angela Lansbury, George Kennedy, Maggie Smith and an incomparable Bette Davis are all likely suspects as ... a fabulously wealthy Lois Chiles is bumped off in her cabin aboard a luxury cruise down the Nile. Luckily, though - for us, and them - Peter Ustinov and David Niven are on hand to resolve this mysterious crime. As the films develops you realise just how odious and horrid the murdered woman was - I found that I wanted to kill her too!! Great fun with a superb Nina Rota score that really makes this a diamond of a film. I read, with trepidation, that Sir Kenneth Branagh is to remake this in 2020 - hmmm!!!