Death on the Nile Page #7

Synopsis: Based on the Agatha Christie novel, our favourite Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is on a cruise up the Nile. He is surrounded by an interesting assortment of characters, including a wealthy heiress and her husband, on their honeymoon. It appears that everyone hates the heiress...
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): John Guillermin
Production: EMI Films Ltd.
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG
Year:
1978
140 min
8,381 Views


Forgive me, please.

Jackie.

Last night I was crazy.

He could have killed you.

With a gun

decoration like that?

Will you ...?

Will walk again?

Do not be silly.

In Wadi Halfa will take me

the bullet and stay like new.

Remember that only five minutes,

OK?

Simon, I'm so sorry!

Quiet.

No need to apologize.

What is this?

I ordered a plate of morilles''.''

- And what's that in your country?

- Champinhon

Sorry.

I thought you wanted an eel.

They just have it.

- Ask another bottle.

- Why?

Because the remains of the bottle

yesterday contained verdigris.

- Verdigris?

- Yes, grain had.

It is the normal sediment

Chateau Petrus wine.

- Want a cup?

- No thanks.

Keep your wine

I'll take the whiskey.

Always drink whiskey?

Wine ...

How strange!

Of course.

Can I sit?

Poirot, in my opinion,

all could have done that

everyone had a reason

for this.

It's incredible.

Absolutely.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

Good evening, ma'am.

Please.

Come quickly.

Fast.

- Call Dr. Bessner.

- Yes, sir.

You know what this is?

Money.

Looks like a piece of note

thousand francs.

It must have been blackmail.

She knew something killer

of Linnet Doyle.

As we were idiots!

I knew it.

What she said this afternoon?

''If you could not sleep

Had he been on deck

might have seen the killer

enter or leave the cabin

Lady Doyle.''

That's what happened.

She saw the killer.

And because of their greed,

now dead.

And how does this help us?

We do not know

who killed them.

No. This is not

exactly true.

We went the wrong way,

us.

We know almost everything

what there is to know.

But what we know seems

looks awesome.

Impossible.

Murders.

Murder!

All the time the murders.

He died less than

one hour

The beheaded.

With a thin knife.

One like this.

Very interesting, Doctor.

sure you do not miss

none of yours?

What?

So now I think,

Ludwig Bessner,

I killed this humble servant?

My God!

What I have to do

with the issues

of the lower classes?

It is well known that they do not suffer

neurosis ...

only animal passions

- Take your body to the chamber.

- Yes, sir.

Think you already know, huh?

I confess that I have

no clarity.

Dr. Bessner told me

what happened to the maid.

I need to talk to you

and Mr. Doyle immediately.

I would not get.

Dr. Bessner is boring.

My good man, I know.

But an upset

will not stop me.

Believe me, I know everything

Mr. Doyle, I know who killed

Louise Bourget.

What?

You know who killed Louise?

Easy. Do not scream.

Mrs. Otterbourne,

can not stay here.

He needs rest

is of vital importance.

I know everything, everything, believe me.

Look, I will not tolerate,

elbows.

Mr. Doyle, I

Salome Otterbourne

triumphed where

others have failed.

I'm still best detective

that the great Hercule Poirot.

Mrs. Otterbourne,

God, calm down.

Now tell us the story

from the beginning.

- I refuse to speak in front of him.

- So do not tell.

Outside, now.

- The fever has increased the confusion.

- Doctor

will rise more if we do not hear

what she has to say.

- Mr. Doyle.

- It's about my wife.

Yes

Yeah, okay.

You can get 3 minutes.

Three minutes.

And lowers his voice, see?

What a woman!

Nasty little man.

Madam, you have evidence to prove

Who killed Mrs. Doyle?

I get it and I do.

Would you agree,

is not it,

that whoever killed

Louise Bourget

Linnet Doyle also killed?

It is quite possible.

Well,

I saw who killed

Louise Bourget

with my own eyes.

Please proceed, ma'am.

I was in the stern of the boat,

talking to a crew member

I showed

fascinating.

A buffalo and a camel, together

in a plowing match.

He saw everything in the moonlight,

of course, is not it?

- Yeah, right.

- Yes.

I have a vision

extraordinary.

Well, I walked away ...

and suddenly, when I went

the corridor

I heard a scream.

Came from the cabin

Louise Bourget.

Then I saw that the door

box opened

When the door opened wider

I saw it was ..

It is the Pennington.

I heard a sharp click.

What now?

Shot at

Mrs. Otterbourne.

- Mr. Pennington.

- Yes?

It's your gun, I think

Anyone can

have it taken out of the cabin.

They knew it was there.

There are some who always said

take gun when I travel.

The killing must stop.

Unfortunately,

I took too much.

I want to see everyone in the hall

where all will be revealed ...

here ...

thirty minutes.

I do not believe.

My mother died.

Why?

Must have discovered something.

My God! Poor thing!

I loved her, though.

And now she's gone.

I can not assimilate it.

Suddenly I was ...

Alone.

No, it is not.

I'll look after you.

Jim.

Poor Mom.

You would not have missed it

while alive.

Ladies,

ladies, gentlemen.

The game is over.

I, Hercule Poirot

I now know without a doubt

Who killed Mrs. Doyle

Louise Bourget

and Mrs. Otterbourne.

Foolishly I started the research

with the preconceived idea

that was a witness

the scene of aggression

between Mlle. Jackie

and Simon Doyle.

That this person had

taken the gun

after all

had left the hall

and would have used

to kill Mrs. Doyle

and try to incriminate

Mlle. Jackie.

As you will see, friends,

suspects were not lacking among you.

It could be someone who tried

shut your mouth defamatory.

Or who ascribe the ruin

the father of Mrs. Doyle.

Or someone obsessed

the idea of a theft.

Or someone resentful

with the heirs of fortunes.

Or someone with a firm decision

to save his mother

from financial ruin.

Or even

someone to escape punishment

as curator fraudulent.

Or someone who mistook

the victim's identity.

And then ...

I remembered something

very important

That night I slept soundly

rather lightly,

as is my custom.

Why?

Why was placed

something in my wine

by someone who did not want

I was present

the events of the night.

Very easy.

The open bottles

are left on the tables.

You, sir

returned the bottle saying,

using their own words

I had verdigris.

This, in itself,

implies premeditation

by someone.

It means that yesterday

before 7:
30,

the crime was already decided.

There was something that confused me

from the beginning.

If the intention was to blame

Mlle. Jackie ...

why the gun was not

Mrs. Doyle's room?

and then get it.

The killer had pulled a gun

because it ...

or she had to cut it.

There was another reason.

And there was something more.

Dr. Bessner,

you examined the body

Mrs. Doyle?

Yes

Remember the scorched

around the wound?

The gun was very close

your head when shot.

This correct.

But when we recover

the weapon of the Nile

she was involved

this silk shawl.

Evidently they had fired,

through it,

supposed to cushion

the noise of the shot.

Dr. Bessner,

if he had been shot

the shawl

would not have singed

the temple of Mrs. Doyle?

I mean, the shot that killed her

could not have been fired

using the shawl.

So maybe it was the other.

What Jackie of Bellefort

Simon Doyle shot.

Jackie.

But we had a witness.

We knew it was not.

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