The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 4 titles in its series.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic59/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
956 audience votes
Key crew
- John GuillerminDirector
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
- Anthony ShafferScreenplay
Cast
- Peter UstinovHercule Poirot
- Jane BirkinLouise Bourget
- Lois ChilesLinnet Ridgeway Doyle
- Bette DavisMarie Van Schuyler
- Mia FarrowJacqueline de Bellefort
- Jon FinchJames Ferguson
- Olivia HusseyRosalie Otterbourne
- I.S. JoharMr. Choudhury
- George KennedyAndrew Pennington
- Angela LansburySalome Otterbourne
- Simon MacCorkindaleSimon Doyle
- David NivenColonel Race
Stills
Themes
egyptbased on novel or bookpaddleboatpyramidcruisenilesphinxmurdercruise shipwhodunitcobrashipboard
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