i adore all the agatha christie novel and with hercule poirot a my favorite sleuth . this hollywood production come across a a highly entertaining and worthy adaptation of christie death on the nile . peter ustinov with his mustache be wonderful a the renowned and meticulous belgian detective and poirot . he be assist here in this investigation by his sidekick and colonel race and portray by classic actor and gentleman and david niven and who basically serve a poirot foil . the story typically deal with the 1930 british upper crust . the mystery revolve around the murder of an heiress and linnet ridgeway doyle and who be honeymoon with husband and simon and on a cruise along the nile . typically and there be no lack of probable suspect and all fellow cruiser and very questionable character with a good reason for want the lovely linnet dead . mrs. van schuyler ( bette davis ) . a sharp tongued and elderly dowager who covet linnet jewel miss bower ( maggie smith ) . her sullen but loyal nurse companion and who have be force into a servant life a a result of her father career be ruin by linnetloise bourget ( jane birkin ) . linnet french maid and angry with the murdered heiress for refuse to provide the dowry she have promise hersalome otterbourne ( angela lansbury ) . a sex obsess and drunken writer face a lawsuit bring on by the heiress after otterbourne us linnet in one of her erotic booksrosalie otterbourne ( olivier hussey ) . mrs. otterbourne daughter and who want to protect her mother andrew pennington ( george kennedy ) . an american embezzling from the ridgeway family simon doyle ( simon maccorkindale ) . linnet husband and former fiancé to jacqueline ( see below ) jacqueline debellefort ( mia farrow ) . simon vengeful jilt fiancée and who be furious with her former friend and linnet and for steal him from her and follow the newlywed along on their honeymoonthe famous star all seem to be have great fun with their role . there be lot of witty banter between bette davis and maggie smith here in their portrayal of mysterious wealthy dowager mrs. van schuyler and her companion and miss bower . angela lansbury wear outrageous outfit and put in a brilliant performance a the tipsy and man hungry author . the beautiful raven haired olivia hussey become one of my favourite back in her romeo and juliet day . the unstoppable poirot have lot of sleuth to do and tax his little grey cell and before the unraveling of this particular whodunit with all the various plot twist expect of agatha christie in her murder mystery . this crime prove a complicated one at least for me to ferret out on my own . the oscar win period costume be fabulous and the locale exotic and the egyptian scenery magnificent with the pyramid and sphinx and and nile river itself all serve a breathtaking backdrop . it a wonderful suspenseful film and full of good old fashion fun . with agatha christie and this stellar cast and you couldn not possibly go too far wrong .