peter ustinov portrays agatha christie hercule poirot and travel on board a steamer ship down the nile on an interrupted vacation via the murder of a socialite who have offend the entire world it seem and and have be deem a leach on the edge of society and to quote one of the character in the movie . assist by david niven and he must sleuth out the instigator of this interruption before all the ship passenger end up dead . one by one and they be be knock off to cover the evidence of the original murder . fine performance by all involve and but hat off to mia farrow . possibly the most brilliant performance of her career . stun . absolutely stun . an all star cast delivers an all star performance in this top row production . the scene be deliberate and well plan and the scripting be marvelous and the dialog be funny where it should be and intense where intend and the costuming be marvelously period and and the direction be without peer . but it be the scenery and the setting and the set and the prop that make me love this film . set in egypt of the 70 and you can see the sphinx before it be blast by 30 more year of sand and bomb and fight . you get to climb to the top of the pyramid of khufu in giza and see the karnak temple in luxor and the dendara temple be feature in the background shot of several scene . you be show part of the philae temple ( temple of isi ) and and the abu simbel near aswan ( build by ramses the great to celebrate his victory and his beloved wife and nefetari . lovely image of the nile and it people and the surround area . ustinov be one of my favorite poirot over the year and i rank this movie at least equal with the murder on the orient express and though i think more money and time be wrongly dedicate to motoe . have ustinov portray poirot in motoe and it would have be my favorite . there isn not a moment of wasted film in this movie . every scene give you some insight into these well developed character . watch for the scene where bette davis be moon by the local child . the scene towards the very beginning of the movie and between maggie smith and her lady and be hilarious . absolutely side stitching and if you can appreciate the dry and british sense of humor . top row movie and with top row casting and direction and screenplay and scenery . take an egyptian vacation in your living room . this masterpiece get a solid positive ( a rarity ) from . the fiend .