the main virtue of death on the nile be agatha christie unbeatable whodunit plot and which be arguably even more beautifully construct than that of murder on the orient express . the latter have be adapt for the screen in 1974 by one of america great filmmaker and sidney lumet . like it predecessor and death on the nile be film with a fine all star cast and in which peter ustinov and bette davis and mia farrow and jack warden stand out . ustinov hercule poirot be perhaps a bit less eccentric than albert finney or david suchet and but i actually like all three interpretation . the film be a lavishly produce a orient express . it have nice costume and beautiful natural location . john guillermin isn not a strong a director a lumet be . consequently and the image in death on the nile be pretty and but less artistically interest than those in the preceding film . moreover and guillermin visual storytelling be a bit repetitive ( he show all the possible version of the murder in detail and which tend to become a bit tedious after a while ) and and the first half could have be shorten a bit . still and the direction be way above average and and guillermin handle the action scene and the solution in a convincing way . to me and murder on the orient express be the most artistically satisfy poirot film and but death on the nile be the most entertaining of the poirot adaptation with ustinov a the belgian detective . evil under the sun be also enjoyable and since it strong second half more than compensates for the overlong exposition . i would give death on the nile a rating of out of .