Death on the Nile (1978 film)

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British film film mystery film

Death on the Nile (1978 film) is a star-studded British mystery film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novel, set aboard a Nile River cruise where a glamorous heiress’s murder sparks a complex whodunit.

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instanceOf	British film ⓘ film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ
award	Academy Award for Best Costume Design NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Death on the Nile (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographer	Jack Cardiff NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Nino Rota NERFINISHED ⓘ
costumeDesigner	Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	John Guillermin NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor	Malcolm Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Jacqueline de Bellefort NERFINISHED ⓘ Linnet Ridgeway Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
follows	Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	crime ⓘ mystery ⓘ whodunit ⓘ
mainCharacter	Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeLocation	Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Hercule Poirot film series NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	murder investigation ⓘ
portraysFictionalCharacter	Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	John Brabourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	EMI Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear	1978 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	140 ⓘ
screenwriter	Anthony Shaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
setOn	Nile River cruise ship ⓘ
starred	Angela Lansbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Bette Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ David Niven NERFINISHED ⓘ George Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Warden NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Birkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ Lois Chiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Mia Farrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia Hussey NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Ustinov NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon MacCorkindale NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Lois Chiles → appearsIn → Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ

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EMI Films → backedFilm → Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ

John Guillermin → directed → Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ

Death on the Nile (novel) → hasAdaptation → Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: Death on the Nile

Hercule Poirot series → hasAdaptation → Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ

EMI Films → notableWork → Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ

John Guillermin → notableWork → Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ

Lois Chiles → notableWork → Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Death on the Nile