a wonderful cast of superb actor play a wonderful cast of outrageous character . exotic locale . lot of laugh . great line . ( if there be two thing i hate it heat and heathen . ) ustinov give a somewhat hard spin to christie poirot than suchet but he just a wonderful . angela lansbury should have have the oscar for best support actress that year for her tipsy and dipsy authoress . maggie smith be her usual incredible self . the great and always fascinate bette davis . and the wonderfully synchophantic manager of the steamer . all this with exotic location and superb camera work and well paced suspense . not too often i vote a ten . on this one i do . bravo .