Where was Death on the Nile filmed?
1978 film, directed by John Guillermin.
- Egypt
The story is set in Egypt, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Egypt; Kingdom of Egypt
- Filmed in
- Egypt
About Death on the Nile
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- Released
- 1978
- Director
- John Guillermin
- Cast
- Peter UstinovDavid NivenSimon MacCorkindaleLois ChilesMia FarrowBette DavisGeorge KennedyAngela LansburyOlivia Hussey
- Genre
- CrimeThrillerSuspenseMysteryDetective
- Based on
- Death on the Nile
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The story
Expat heiress Linnet Ridgeway hires her friend Jackie de Bellefort's fiancé, Simon Doyle, as her English estate manager.
To avoid her, the Doyles pretend to take a train to Alexandria, then board the Nile paddle steamer, SS Karnak.
The next morning Linnet is found dead, shot in the head with the letter "J" in blood on the wall.
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