Review of the Film Death on the Nile
Death On The Nile is one of Agatha Christies most well-known books and it was the first of the publisher's videos I watched. The 1978 version saw Peter Ustinov take the leading role as the fictional, Belgium detective Hercule Poirot and his travelling companion Colonel Race who was played by David Niven.
As the title suggests, the movie is set on the River Nile in Egypt. After a young heiress is killed, Poirot is asked to unravel the transgression. The motion picture is set aboard the Nile River boat the SS Cataract with stops at a few of Egypt's best known historical locations.
Soon after Linnet Doyle (nee Ridgeway) is murdered it soon becomes evident that there is at least one man or woman with a potential motive for murder. Linnet Doyle was on honeymoon in Egypt with her new husband Simon. The pair were being followed by Jacqueline, Simon's jilted partner. She follows the husband and wife from the Pyramids in Cairo down to the Nile and boards the SS Cataract.
Linnet Doyle was the first victim and as Poirot began to look into, the different suspects motives started to be discovered. Her prized pendant was coveted by Mrs van Schuyler, Salome Otterbourne faced a law suit from Doyle over something she had published, Doyle had refused her maid the dowry she had promised and there were other people too.
As the vessel cruised along the River Nile stopping off at locations including the Temple of Karnak, Aswan and the Temple of Abu Simbel, other passengers were also being killed. Gradually Poirot determines the signs and the murderers are unmasked. Simon Doyle had wedded Linnet to secure access to her financial wealth. With her out of the way, Simon would be available to wed his true love, Jacqueline.
The deaths don't end here as in desperation, Jacqueline first of all shoots Simon followed by herself instead of face justice. Originally written in the 1930s, the tale is a Christie classic. Despite the fact that a number of the trips are improbable (such as cruising from Karnak to Abu Simbel in an afternoon), this doesn't take away from the video whatsoever. Happily, the present day holiday makers don't experience quite so much drama on their Nile Cruise holidays.
As the title suggests, the movie is set on the River Nile in Egypt. After a young heiress is killed, Poirot is asked to unravel the transgression. The motion picture is set aboard the Nile River boat the SS Cataract with stops at a few of Egypt's best known historical locations.
Soon after Linnet Doyle (nee Ridgeway) is murdered it soon becomes evident that there is at least one man or woman with a potential motive for murder. Linnet Doyle was on honeymoon in Egypt with her new husband Simon. The pair were being followed by Jacqueline, Simon's jilted partner. She follows the husband and wife from the Pyramids in Cairo down to the Nile and boards the SS Cataract.
Linnet Doyle was the first victim and as Poirot began to look into, the different suspects motives started to be discovered. Her prized pendant was coveted by Mrs van Schuyler, Salome Otterbourne faced a law suit from Doyle over something she had published, Doyle had refused her maid the dowry she had promised and there were other people too.
As the vessel cruised along the River Nile stopping off at locations including the Temple of Karnak, Aswan and the Temple of Abu Simbel, other passengers were also being killed. Gradually Poirot determines the signs and the murderers are unmasked. Simon Doyle had wedded Linnet to secure access to her financial wealth. With her out of the way, Simon would be available to wed his true love, Jacqueline.
The deaths don't end here as in desperation, Jacqueline first of all shoots Simon followed by herself instead of face justice. Originally written in the 1930s, the tale is a Christie classic. Despite the fact that a number of the trips are improbable (such as cruising from Karnak to Abu Simbel in an afternoon), this doesn't take away from the video whatsoever. Happily, the present day holiday makers don't experience quite so much drama on their Nile Cruise holidays.
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Nile Cruise holidays are very popular with holidaymakers and are fortunately not as eventful as in Agatha Christie's film.. Free reprint available from: Review of the Film Death on the Nile.
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