| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Won | Oscar | Best Costume Design Anthony Powell |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by John Guillermin
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Lionsgate)
Peter Ustinov is Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective who takes a cruise down the Nile which turns deadly for one of the guests. The victim is wealthy newlywed Lois Chiles and the boat is full of people with reasons to see her dead. Ustinov theorizes how each one could have done it, which we see as fictionalized flashbacks. However, it is obvious that it did not happen in any of those ways. After more murders, he calls the suspects together for the big reveal. The murders are cleverly explained, and it would have been very difficult if not impossible to figure it out with the clues given. Entertaining but overlong mystery, with some questionable acting by aging pros like Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis and George Kennedy.
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