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Review of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile
Death On The Nile is undoubtedly one of Agatha Christies most loved novels and it was the first of the author’s films I came across. The 1978 version saw Peter Ustinov star as the fictional, Belgium investigator Hercule Poirot and his travelling companion Colonel Race who was played by David Niven.
As the title suggests, the movie is set on the River Nile in Egypt. When a young heiress is murdered, Poirot is called upon to solve the crime. The motion picture is set aboard the Nile River boat the SS Cataract with visits at a number of Egypt’s most widely known historical attractions.
Right after Linnet Doyle (nee Ridgeway) is killed it quickly becomes apparent that there is more than one individual with a likely reason for murder. Linnet Doyle was on honeymoon in Egypt with her new husband Simon. The pair were being stalked by Jacqueline, Simon’s former sweetheart. She follows the pair from the Pyramids in Cairo down to the Nile and boards the SS Cataract.
Linnet Doyle was the first victim and as Poirot began to look into, the different suspects motives started to be discovered. Her prized pendant was coveted by Mrs van Schuyler, Salome Otterbourne faced a law suit from Doyle over something she had published, Doyle had refused her maid the dowry she had promised and there were other people too.
As the vessel sailed along the river stopping at spots such as the Temple of Karnak, Aswan and the Temple of Abu Simbel, other travellers were also being murdered. Eventually Poirot works out the clues and the murderers are unmasked. Simon Doyle had married Linnet to gain access to her wealth. With her out of the way, Simon would be free to marry his true love, Jacqueline.
The deaths don’t end here as in desperation, Jacqueline first of all shoots Simon followed by herself instead of face justice. Originally written in the 1930s, the tale is a Christie classic. Despite the fact that a number of the trips are improbable (such as cruising from Karnak to Abu Simbel in an afternoon), this doesn’t take away from the video whatsoever. Happily, the present day holiday makers don’t experience quite so much drama on their Nile Cruise holidays.
Nile Cruise holidays are extremely popular with holidaymakers and are thankfully not as deadly as in Agatha Christie’s film.. This article, Review of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is released under a creative commons attribution license.
