Death on the Nile

Heiress Linnet Ridgeway hires Simon Doyle, fiancé of her friend Jackie de Bellefort, and ends up marrying him. On their Egyptian honeymoon, Jackie follows them onto the steamer Karnak, where Poirot is also a passenger. One night, drunk, she shoots Simon in the leg. The next morning Linnet is found dead, but Jackie spent the night under watch. The maid Louise and novelist Salome Otterbourne die too. Poirot gathers everyone in the saloon: Simon and Jackie were still lovers. The shooting was staged, Simon killed Linnet and then really wounded himself, and Jackie silenced the witnesses. Caught, she shoots Simon and then herself.

1. Behind the scenesFinney skipped the Egyptian sun

   Albert Finney didn't want to wear Poirot's heavy makeup again under the Egyptian heat. The producers cast Peter Ustinov, who debuts in the role here.

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2. Behind the scenesAn Oscar for the costumes

   Anthony Powell won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for the film. It was the second of his career.

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3. Behind the scenesTwo temples in one day

   The film has Abu Simbel and Karnak visited on the same day. In real life the temples are about 480 km (300 miles) apart.

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