Death on the Nile

At the beginning, while Linnet and Jackie are in Linnet's master bedroom, a crew member crawling across the floor is reflected in the mirror.

In the dining room, the night Poirot is served eel instead of mushrooms, a group of Egyptian musicians is playing instruments like the suz and rebec.

On the soundtrack is a palm court orchestra.

Reflections can be seen in the protective glass screen when the cobra is readying itself to strike Hercule Poirot in his cabin.

In the opening scene where Linnet and Jacqueline are talking to each other in the upstairs bedroom, a piece of equipment (possibly the boom) is seen moving, reflected in one of the large mirrors.

When Simon and Linette are climbing up the pyramid there's a shot of them having climbed more than half way up, but in the next shot, looking down on them, the ground and rubble is visible only a few meters beneath.

When Mrs Otterbourne is about to tell Poirot and Colonel Race who cut Louise Bourget's throat, she says "I saw that it was.

" and then gets shot.

Later on when Poirot solves the murder and we see this scene replayed from outside the window, Mrs Otterbourne says "I saw it.

" and then gets shot.

Doctor Bessner identifies the statue on the left of the temple of Abu Simbel as "the singer".

He says it's making a howling sound every evening.

Both facts are wrong, "the singer" is one of the statues in Thebe West near Luxor of the now destroyed temple of Amenophis III.

, and it is said that it was "singing" only in the morning hours.

As Poirot finishes inspecting Linette's nail varnish he leaves the room with a close up of the camera on Linnete.

You can clearly see she is blinking but is meant to be dead.

When laying out the sequence of events, Poirot explains that the murderer took out the empty cartridge from the gun and replaced it with a full one so that in the event of the gun being found, only two bullets would appear to have been fired which corroborates the shootings.

However, the gun is bundled together with the shawl and the ink-stained napkin, both of which contradict the two shot theory.

After Linnet Ridgeway is almost crushed by a stone falling down from the temple of Karnak in Luxor, Dr.

Bessner advises her to go back to the boat to have a rest.

She replies that she must see the temple of Abu Simbel in the evening.

In the next scene, she is visiting Abu Simbel with Simon, and in the late evening they are back on the Nile steamer.

The problem is that the distance between the temple of Karnak and the temple of Abu Simbel is about 250 miles.

The movie is set in the 1930s, when air travel was still primitive, so it's unlikely they flew down there and back in an afternoon.

It is definitely impossible for a steamer to travel that distance in one afternoon.

Right after Ms Otterbourne was shot, the murderer dropped the weapon and fled the scene, leaving the gun lying on the floor.

And when Poirot and Colonel Race rushed out of the room and saw the gun, Colonel Race picked it up and held it by the barrel.

In fact, when a gun has just been fired, its barrel would be too hot to even touch, let alone hold up in the air in one's hands.

When Poirot theorizes how Dr.

Bessner could have shot Linnet, she visibly flinches when the gun touches her temple, although she is supposed to be asleep.

On the first night of the cruise, Bette Davis's character says good night to Poirot, and he answers "Bonjour".

No Belgian, especially one as fastidious and serious as Poirot, who does not play around or joke, would say "Bonjour" for "good night".

He would have said "Bon soir," (good night), which he does say to the others as they go.

At the very end of the movie, Poirot famously quotes Moliere"La grande ambition des femmes est d'inspirer l'amour".

Except it's a misquote.

It should be "d'inspirer DE l'amour".

When Poirot is wandering round Linnet's bed after she had been killed, she is breathing.

Very intriguing, and scenic, whodunnit.Based on the Agatha Christie novel, our favourite Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is on a cruise up the Nile.

John Guillermin took over directing duties of this sequel(of sorts) to "Murder On The Orient Express". Albert Finney did not return either, so instead Peter Ustinov took over the role of expatriate Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot, who is traveling on a boat down the Nile river in Egypt when he is called upon to solve the murder of a rich heiress, who had been relentlessly stalked by the jilted fiancée(played by Mia Farrow) of the man(played by Simon MacCorkindale) she had stolen from her.

A very good whodunit movie with good acting by everyone,especially Peter Ustinov, who was particularly brilliant. Everything about this film was top notch and even after 42 years since it was released,it still remains a whodunit classic .

First off, if you haven't read the book, please do. It is one of my favorites of all time.

Good movie for murder mystry lover, but it's quite unfold in its halfway that who done this murder,it's bit simple. The charactor is very amazing choise.

How could any mystery fan not enjoy this terrific whodunit, set in the early 1930s and mostly on a quaint steamer cruising down the Nile with a boatload full of suspects? "Death On The Nile" has eccentric characters, humorous dialogue, extravagant costumes, fantastic scenery, and a star-studded cast that includes some of the most talented actors Hollywood has ever produced.

This is my favorite Agatha Christie film ever, and probably one of my Top 10 favorite films in general. But instead of attempting to write a long, boring review explaining why, maybe I should simply make a list of superlatives:The plot: brilliant (I first saw this movie as a kid it turned me into a lifelong mystery fan).

This is my favorite Agatha Christie film ever, and probably one of my Top 10 favorite films in general. But instead of attempting to write a long, boring review explaining why, maybe I should simply make a list of superlatives:The plot: brilliant (I first saw this movie as a kid it turned me into a lifelong mystery fan).

Peter Ustinov is very good in this movie, as Inspector Poirot. He creates an amusing eccentric.