Review of Death on the Nile (1978) by Blais E — 24 Feb 2011
Marvelous cinematic version of the murder mystery by Dame Agatha Christie, the second in the series of superbly-mounted 1970's offerings, here substituting the portly Peter Ustinov for the previous Hercule Poirot, Albert Finney.
Here there are several murders the erudite sleuth must contend with, and as the bodies start stacking up, the race is on to stop the maniacal shipboard murderer. Superb acting throughout, with the standouts being George Kennedy as burly, brutish, and-belligerant lawyer Pennington, Bette Davis as the jewelry-hoarding Grande-Dame Mrs.
Van Schuyler, Jack Warden as the blustery Dr. Bessner, and the always-enjoyable Angela Lansbury stealing the show as the comically-eccentric and continually-smashed trashy Romance novel authoress, Salome Otterbourne.
Full of enough plot-twists and red-herrings to keep even the most casual viewer involved.
This review of Death on the Nile (1978) was written by Blais E on 24 Feb 2011.
Death on the Nile has generally received positive reviews.
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