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Death on the Nile (1978)

Director: John Guillermin

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From Time Out Film Guide

Over-extended and sloppily characterised Agatha Christie whodunit, with Ustinov's Poirot investigating the murder of an heiress aboard a steamer in the 30s. Nostalgic period recreation is everything, with the cast reduced to a gallery of stylish eccentrics and the whole film slavishly modelled on the earlier Murder on the Orient Express.

Author: GA

Time Out Film Guide

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Death on the Nile

Cast & crew

Director: John Guillermin

Producer: John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin

Cast: Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Jane Birkin, David Niven, Jack Warden, Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith, George Kennedy, Lois Chiles full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 140 mins


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