Continuity mistake: In the scene where Bette Davis has lost her shawl there is a shot of her and Maggie Smith from far away. They talk about the time and in the background Angela Lansbury is drinking. She puts down her glass and leans her head on her hand. Then the shot changes to a close-up of Bette Davis and Maggie Smith and you can see Angela Lansbury in the background, with the glass in her hand, just about to take a drink. (00:55:05)
Death on the Nile (1978)
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Directed by: John Guillermin
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Lois Chiles, Jane Birkin, Simon MacCorkindale
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9.5/10.The second best interpretation of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Peter Ustinov does a pretty decent job here alongside Angela Lansbury. Watch this version and not the 2022 version.
More mistakes in Death on the Nile
Mrs. Van Schuyler: Come, Bowers, it's time to go, this place is beginning to resemble a mortuary.
Miss Bowers: Thank God you'll be in one yourself before too long you bloody old fossil.
Trivia: The cast were told they could not have their own dressing rooms so Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith and Bette Davis all shared a room.
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