... The Egyptian locations are the ideal backdrop to colonial intrigue and the cast is a corker, including Jane Birkin, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, David Niven and Maggie Smith.

‘…there’s no mistaking Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot; other versions may have been more faithfu, but those who took a cruise on Death on the Nile weren't disappointed by this lush, rich, and defiantly old-fashioned Hollywood whodunnit…’

For fans of the novel, there are a few changes, but none that overwhelm the essence of the story, allowing viewers to take a trip on the Nile with the world-famous sleuth and his inimitable talents.

Its a fun, if somewhat slow-moving murder mystery that favors glamor and drawing room banter over suspense, like a lavish version of a British TV mystery set in the 1930s.