Death on the Nile
Year: 1978
Genre: Mystery
Studio: Mersham Productions, EMI Films
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Jon Finch
Crew: John Brabourne (Producer), John Guillermin (Director), Agatha Christie (Novel), Jack Cardiff (Director of Photography), Richard Goodwin (Producer), Nino Rota (Original Music Composer)
Runtime: 140 minutes
Release: Sep 29, 1978
IMDb: 7.14/10 by 831 users
Popularity: 4
Country: United Kingdom
Language: Deutsch, English, Français, العربية
Budget: 7,920,000
Revenue: 14,560,084

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!!!