agatha christie death on the nile be a wonderfully craft suspenseful drama set aboard a river barge float on the nile against a beautiful backdrop of egypt and it famous landmark . director john guillermin adapt the novel for the big screen and successfully transfer most of the prime aspect contain in the book include both character and scenery resulting in a breath taking and highly entertaining film and and most definitely a highly recommend follow up to 1974 murder on the orient express . guillermin handle the huge cast with such ease and you can easily see the likeness in his early film the tower inferno in which he gracefully direct more than 15 major star and their role and make the audience care about each and every one of them . here and guillermin directs 13 star of which include bette davis and angela lansbury and maggie smith and peter ustinov and david niven and mia farrow and george kennedy and jon finch . surprisingly and death on the nile be only nominate for one academy award ( ie . best costume design ) of which it win . i think angela lansbury and peter ustinov and maggie smith all play wonderful role . ustinov be hercule poirot and the infamous belgian detective whose vacation be ruin by senseless murder and it be up to him to figure out who do it . here and he be assist by david niven who play a private eye hire by the lawyer of the initial murder victim and a wretched and wealthy american woman ( play by jane birkin ) who have steal the fiancé of mia farrow and have bring herself a death wish by upset just about everyone she come into contact with . on board this barge be a group of character who all have it in for her and include angela lansbury and a famous erotic novelist who be currently battle a defamation suit with her bette davis and a con artist on the prowl for her next scam and the victim set of priceless pearl maggie smith and davis ill mannered servant whose father career be ruin by the victim thus lead her to a life of servantry . when the victim body be find with a bullet in her head and poirot must step in to solve the mystery . everyone be a suspect and all with good reason and but who really kill her and why . the outcome be fiendishly delicious and extremely gruesome and but you will revel in the delight of your favorite actor do what they do best entertain you . lansbury nail down her role a a batty old drunk who write steamy novel . davis turn in a highly camp performance a a miserable old wretch who have eye only for the victim jewel . ustinov easily nail down the performance of poirot and take the rein from albert finney a he fill his shoe to portray the detective audience and reader across the world have come to love . some funny scene to look out for would include angela lansbury rid a donkey and bette davis scramble behind an entourage hold a parasol and the countless clue that may help you solve the mystery if you do not already know who do it . between the actor feature in death on the nile be 4 academy award winner and countless nomination . the most surprising thing that i find while watch the movie be the multiple death scene feature in this upposed pg rat film . three woman get their head blow off by a hand gun and another woman have her throat slash with a scalpel . this film be probably not suitable for child and but most adult will enjoy this classic feature . in a year where movie such a dawn of the dead and the swarm fill theater screen and drive in and death on the nile be the lone gem that outshine them all . my rating positive .