Death on the Nile (Original title)Murder on the Nile (Alternative title)Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile (Alternative title)
Dates: 1978 (Copyright), 29 September 1978 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Guillermin
Synopsis: Murder mystery. Hercule Poirot's holiday trip on the Nile paddle steamer Karnak becomes a murder investigation when Linnet Ridgeway, reputedly the richest girl in the world, is murdered on her honeymoon. Almost all the other passengers bore grudges against her, and almost nobody has an alibi.
Genres: Detective drama, Thriller
Subjects: Nile, Homicide, Cruises
Releases
Date: September 1978Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 137 mins Length: 12323 FeetDialogue (original): Language: English / French / German
Date: 29 September 1978Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - MonoRuntime: 137 mins Dialogue (original): Language: English / French / German
Title: The Agatha Christie CollectionAuthor: WIGMORE, Gareth Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v5 n8 August 1995 Pages: 28-29
Title: The Wicker Man and othersAuthor: SHAFFER, Anthony Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Anthony Shaffer writes on his experience of scriptwriting, particularly book adaptations. Refers to work with Hitchcock on FRENZY, also to SLEUTH (1972), DEATH ON THE NILE((1978), EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1981), The WICKER MAN (1973), ABSOLUTION
In: Film Review v28 n3 March 1978 Pages: 16-17
Title: [Film Review - v28 n3 March 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n3 March 1978 Pages: 22-24
Title: [Film Review - v28 n3 March 1978: no known title]Article type: Location ReportLanguage: English
Description: Location report.
In: The Hollywood Reporter v253 n20 21 Sep 1978 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v253 n20 21 Sep 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n6 June 1978 Pages: 30-31
Title: [Film Review - v28 n6 June 1978: no known title]Language: English
Description: Illustrated feature on the costumes for the production.
In: Film Review v28 n7 July 1978 Pages: 40-41
Title: [Film Review - v28 n7 July 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v8 n87 November 1978 Page: 108
Title: [Films Illustrated - v8 n87 November 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v45 n537 October 1978 Page: 197
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v45 n537 October 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v25 n1 October 1978 Pages: 30, 39-41
Title: [Films and Filming - v25 n1 October 1978: no known title]Language: English
Description: Stills.
In: Film Review v28 n2 February 1978 Pages: 18-19
Title: [Film Review - v28 n2 February 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v29 n11 November 1978 Pages: 32-33, 35
Title: [Photoplay - v29 n11 November 1978: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article & stills.
In: Screen International n163 4 Nov 1978 Page: 21
Title: [Screen International - n163 4 Nov 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n11 November 1978 Pages: 40-42
Title: [Film Review - v28 n11 November 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: The Listener v100 n2584 2 Nov 1978 Page: 586
Title: [The Listener - v100 n2584 2 Nov 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 27 Sep 1978 Page: 20
Title: [Variety - 27 Sep 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n105 17 Sep 1977 Page: 8
Title: [Screen International - n105 17 Sep 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Author: Guillermin, Mary Pages: xvii, 300 pages
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12606 FeetBFI identifier: C-40077
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-592111
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(6)
Description: BFI identifier: C-40076
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Base: SafetySound: MuteLength: 12575 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-40073
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1221533
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12606 FeetBFI identifier: C-40077
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-40074
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 12575 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-40075
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1978 (Copyright), 29 September 1978 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Guillermin
Synopsis: Murder mystery. Hercule Poirot's holiday trip on the Nile paddle steamer Karnak becomes a murder investigation when Linnet Ridgeway, reputedly the richest girl in the world, is murdered on her honeymoon. Almost all the other passengers bore grudges against her, and almost nobody has an alibi.
Genres: Detective drama, Thriller
Subjects: Nile, Homicide, Cruises
Releases
Date: September 1978Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 137 mins Length: 12323 FeetDialogue (original): Language: English / French / German
Date: 29 September 1978Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - MonoRuntime: 137 mins Dialogue (original): Language: English / French / German
Credits
(52)
©: EMI Films Ltd, a John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin production: John Brabourne-Richard Goodwin Productions, Made by: Mersham Productions, Distributed by: EMI Films Ltd, Produced by: John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin, Associate Producer: Norton Knatchbull, Production Associate: Richard Du Vivier, Production Manager: Barrie Melrose, Egyptian Production Manager: Achmed Sami, Supervising Accountant: Brian Harris, Unit Manager (England): Ron Purdie, Location Manager (Egypt): Jim Brennan, Production Secretary: Elisabeth Woodthorpe, Assistant Director: Chris Carreras, 2nd Assistant Director: Ted Sturgis, Continuity: Connie Willis, Casting Director: Dyson Lovell, Screenplay by: Anthony Shaffer, {Based on the novel by}: Agatha Christie, Director of Photography: Jack Cardiff, 2nd Unit Photography: John Cardiff, Camera Operator: Alec Mills, Focus Puller: Frank Elliott, Grip: Chunky Huse, Stills Photographer: Keith Hamshere, Special Effects: Nobby Clark, Editor: Malcolm Cooke, Assistant Editor: Chris Kelly, Production Designer: Peter Murton, Art Director: Brian Ackland-Snow, Art Director: Terry Ackland-Snow, Set Decorator: Hugh Scaife, Construction Manager: John Paterson, Costumes Designed by: Anthony Powell, Costume Supervisor: Rosemary Burrows, Costume Maker: Germinal Rangel, Make-up: Freddie Williamson, Hair: Betty Glasow, Ramon Gow, Colour by: Technicolor, Music Composed by: Nino Rota, [Music] Conducted by: Marcus Dods, Tango Choreography by: Wayne Sleep, Sound Recordist: John Mitchell, Sound Recordist: Billy Rowe, John Richards, Sound Editor: Nick Stevenson, Publicity: Edna Tromans, Filmed with: Panavision Equipment, Filmed at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(18)
Peter Ustinov (Hercule Poirot), Jane Birkin (Louise Bourget), Lois Chiles (Linnet Ridgeway), Bette Davis (Mrs Van Schuyler), Mia Farrow (Jacqueline De Bellefort), Jon Finch (Mr Ferguson), Olivia Hussey (Rosalie Otterbourne), George Kennedy (Andrew Pennington), Angela Lansbury (Mrs Salome Otterbourne), Simon MacCorkindale (Simon Doyle), David Niven (Colonel Race), Maggie Smith (Miss Bowers), Jack Warden (Dr Ludwig Bessner), Harry Andrews (Barnstaple), I.S. Johar (Ahmed Rassoul, manager of the Karnak), Sam Wanamaker (Rockford), Barbara Hicks (schoolteacher), Celia Imrie (maid)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(17)
In: Film Review n621 August 2002 Page: 90Title: The Agatha Christie CollectionAuthor: WIGMORE, Gareth Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v5 n8 August 1995 Pages: 28-29
Title: The Wicker Man and othersAuthor: SHAFFER, Anthony Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Anthony Shaffer writes on his experience of scriptwriting, particularly book adaptations. Refers to work with Hitchcock on FRENZY, also to SLEUTH (1972), DEATH ON THE NILE((1978), EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1981), The WICKER MAN (1973), ABSOLUTION
In: Film Review v28 n3 March 1978 Pages: 16-17
Title: [Film Review - v28 n3 March 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n3 March 1978 Pages: 22-24
Title: [Film Review - v28 n3 March 1978: no known title]Article type: Location ReportLanguage: English
Description: Location report.
In: The Hollywood Reporter v253 n20 21 Sep 1978 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v253 n20 21 Sep 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n6 June 1978 Pages: 30-31
Title: [Film Review - v28 n6 June 1978: no known title]Language: English
Description: Illustrated feature on the costumes for the production.
In: Film Review v28 n7 July 1978 Pages: 40-41
Title: [Film Review - v28 n7 July 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v8 n87 November 1978 Page: 108
Title: [Films Illustrated - v8 n87 November 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v45 n537 October 1978 Page: 197
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v45 n537 October 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v25 n1 October 1978 Pages: 30, 39-41
Title: [Films and Filming - v25 n1 October 1978: no known title]Language: English
Description: Stills.
In: Film Review v28 n2 February 1978 Pages: 18-19
Title: [Film Review - v28 n2 February 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v29 n11 November 1978 Pages: 32-33, 35
Title: [Photoplay - v29 n11 November 1978: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article & stills.
In: Screen International n163 4 Nov 1978 Page: 21
Title: [Screen International - n163 4 Nov 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n11 November 1978 Pages: 40-42
Title: [Film Review - v28 n11 November 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: The Listener v100 n2584 2 Nov 1978 Page: 586
Title: [The Listener - v100 n2584 2 Nov 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 27 Sep 1978 Page: 20
Title: [Variety - 27 Sep 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n105 17 Sep 1977 Page: 8
Title: [Screen International - n105 17 Sep 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: John Guillermin: the man, the myth, the moviesAuthor: Guillermin, Mary Pages: xvii, 300 pages
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12606 FeetBFI identifier: C-40077
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-592111
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(6)
Description: BFI identifier: C-40076
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Base: SafetySound: MuteLength: 12575 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-40073
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1221533
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12606 FeetBFI identifier: C-40077
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-40074
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 12575 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-40075
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film