@wincipoet The American actress who played the role of Linnet was Mia Farrow, who was not the best candidate for this role. I firmly believe she should of either been a British actress, or at least been able to do a "British accent." When you have the quality of David Niven, Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, Dame Maggie Smith and Angela Lansbury, the producers and/or casting personnel could have made a better choice.
The dialog in this film and in Ustinov's Evil Under The Sun is fantastic. There are so many quotes to remember...they just don't make them like this anymore!
Im loving this film so far. Im only watching it cause Bette is in it shes my favourite actress, but I do also like Maggie Smith and Angela Lansbury. :) <3
can't get over how skinny Mia Farrow is ...and her clothes fall off her... she looks better with clothes covering her whole body... she even has a gangly walk.. sloppy. this whole part is over dramatic to me.. don't like her in this part of the movie..
Being an Indian, I was pleasantly surprised to find a great Indian actor of the 1970s, I. S. Johar, in a not-so-minor role as the boat Carnak's manager in this movie which is an all-time classic just like the original story. Especially Peter Ustinov (as Poirot) and Mia Farrow (as Jacqueline De Bellefort) were superb.
@antitum That's very true. I went to school with her younger sister, Prudence, and she picked us up a few times, I never liked her. She was doing Peyton Place at the time, I found her to be scary and ice cold.
@skylur44 And I dont just mean professionally.I have read books about her and psychologically she was..well I dont know how to describe it. I dont think I ever came across another person that matched her personality disorder. She was certainly talented but lets hope she found some peace when she died.
@skylur44 Read the book by her daughter and you'll see what I mean.I'm really surprized the daughter didnt go bonkers with what she had to put up with.But its clear, if what the daughter said is true, that Davis had some sort of personality disorder.Could be Borderline Personality Disorder or something of that nature.I'm not qualified to make that assessment but I'll willing to bet she had something of that nature going on.
@antitum B.D, the daughter, has her own issues and I would take anything she said re her mother with a grain or two of salt. Davis always treated her daughter well, she loved her deeply, and this was never a Joan Crawford situation. If anyone has a disorder, it is the daughter, in this case.
horrible acting by everyone (or terrible directing by the directors) nothing compared to the books, if the directors and producers had followed the book then this would be a good movie, I especially hate the part where jaquliline sings ugh it just sound so stupid, she was supposed to be drunk and a lot quieter than it is
Cristie has something about the Irish. The name Doyle or Ferguson often comes out as one of the characters in her novels. It's just a minor curiosity.
Jack Warden was a great character actor, able to tackle a wide range of roles. Here, though, he doesn't seem to have based his characterisation of Dr Bessner on Agatha Christie's description, he's rather more reminiscent of Donald Duck's German uncle, Ludwig Von Drake.
God Lois Chiles is such a bad actress. She wasn't much better in Moonraker either. I think she disappeared after that. Still, she looked great though.
such beautiful outfits!! I adore Maggie Smith and Bette Davis <3
simonaloveceline 4 months ago
Die Linnet! You are a bitch!!!
MrEmirTr 5 months ago
smon mccorkindale? i am sorry for the bad spelling of the name or do you mean an other actor?
MyLalinea 9 months ago
Peter Ustinov and Angela Landsbury together, both over the top. What fun.
deriter64 1 year ago 2
I thought...Linnet was suppose to be British = = sounds like , she's speaking with a American accent here
wincipoet 1 year ago
@wincipoet Lynette is supposed to be an American heiress
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@wincipoet The American actress who played the role of Linnet was Mia Farrow, who was not the best candidate for this role. I firmly believe she should of either been a British actress, or at least been able to do a "British accent." When you have the quality of David Niven, Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, Dame Maggie Smith and Angela Lansbury, the producers and/or casting personnel could have made a better choice.
HJKelley47 2 months ago
@HJKelley47 Sorry for the mistake. Mia Farrow played the role of Jackie, not the role of Linnet
HJKelley47 2 months ago
The guy who plays Simon is hot
snubatubbi 1 year ago 3
@snubatubbi he died
pete0118lady 1 year ago
@pete0118lady :(
snubatubbi 1 year ago
"My mother was a lady"
"a disposition she failed to pass on to you..."
The dialog in this film and in Ustinov's Evil Under The Sun is fantastic. There are so many quotes to remember...they just don't make them like this anymore!
maxwesty 1 year ago
OMG thats who she looks like Tilda Swinton. I couldnt remember the name.
xtinaandravenfan 1 year ago
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ShmelevJr 8 months ago
Im loving this film so far. Im only watching it cause Bette is in it shes my favourite actress, but I do also like Maggie Smith and Angela Lansbury. :) <3
xtinaandravenfan 1 year ago
Suchet is a better Poirot, but I'll always have a soft spot for Ustinov's comedic portrayal.
ahanja1 1 year ago 2
i feel bad for linnet actually. she never gets any peace.
yolo22 1 year ago 2
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i love this movie. awesome cast!
yolo22 1 year ago
can't get over how skinny Mia Farrow is ...and her clothes fall off her... she looks better with clothes covering her whole body... she even has a gangly walk.. sloppy. this whole part is over dramatic to me.. don't like her in this part of the movie..
bronteteri 1 year ago
@bronteteri Maybe she has an eating disorder anorexia? LOL I mean she's too thin to have pushed that rock over the edge isn't she.
EmpireLS56KW 1 year ago
Being an Indian, I was pleasantly surprised to find a great Indian actor of the 1970s, I. S. Johar, in a not-so-minor role as the boat Carnak's manager in this movie which is an all-time classic just like the original story. Especially Peter Ustinov (as Poirot) and Mia Farrow (as Jacqueline De Bellefort) were superb.
777amol 1 year ago
Mia Farrow is about as sexy as a dog dropping. Zero sex appeal. Good actress though.
skylur44 1 year ago
@skylur44 : Did you watch this to see her have sex or to see her act as Jacqueline De Bellefort? I think she did just ***SUPERB***.
777amol 1 year ago
@777amol Bravo for you!
skylur44 1 year ago
Poirot without David Suchet is definitely Not Poirot!!!
iluvhopndballet 1 year ago
good grief --- will someone please hurry up and kill Lois Chiles? The bad acting is killing me! LOL
phlashba 1 year ago 4
@phlashba She really is dreadful, but she's so pretty it almost makes up for it...but not quite.
skylur44 1 year ago
Peter Ustinov was the best Hercule Poirot!
d i s p a r u , hehe :)
wownouser 1 year ago 4
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (I, ii, 140-141)
Jitpring 1 year ago
mia farraow is funny when she's drunk... hihi.. hmmm hmmm hm hm hmhm!!! hahaha...
nnydann 1 year ago
My God, how thick is that makeup on Bette?
antitum 1 year ago
@antitum Who cares; she's such a brilliant actress her make up is not even an issue.
skylur44 1 year ago
@skylur44 And I'm glad I never met her.She was known to be very difficult!
antitum 1 year ago
@antitum That's very true. I went to school with her younger sister, Prudence, and she picked us up a few times, I never liked her. She was doing Peyton Place at the time, I found her to be scary and ice cold.
skylur44 1 year ago
@skylur44 And I dont just mean professionally.I have read books about her and psychologically she was..well I dont know how to describe it. I dont think I ever came across another person that matched her personality disorder. She was certainly talented but lets hope she found some peace when she died.
antitum 1 year ago
@antitum I never heard re any psychological disorders she had but she was one helluva an actress. Matchless.
skylur44 1 year ago
@skylur44 Read the book by her daughter and you'll see what I mean.I'm really surprized the daughter didnt go bonkers with what she had to put up with.But its clear, if what the daughter said is true, that Davis had some sort of personality disorder.Could be Borderline Personality Disorder or something of that nature.I'm not qualified to make that assessment but I'll willing to bet she had something of that nature going on.
antitum 1 year ago
@antitum B.D, the daughter, has her own issues and I would take anything she said re her mother with a grain or two of salt. Davis always treated her daughter well, she loved her deeply, and this was never a Joan Crawford situation. If anyone has a disorder, it is the daughter, in this case.
skylur44 1 year ago
wonderful cast!! thanks for uploading it!
lwaliz 1 year ago
Is that MissMcGonagall as the maid:P
dremeler 2 years ago 2
@dremeler JANE BIRKIN
champolaglow 1 year ago
that bit with when jackie appears with the wind rocked..
dremeler 2 years ago
Peter Ustinov is great as Poirot.
QYFgUC 2 years ago
This movie is worth watching in order to see Angela Lansbury!
Susana1027 2 years ago 3
I love Ustinov's poirot!
julie3991 2 years ago 4
horrible acting by everyone (or terrible directing by the directors) nothing compared to the books, if the directors and producers had followed the book then this would be a good movie, I especially hate the part where jaquliline sings ugh it just sound so stupid, she was supposed to be drunk and a lot quieter than it is
MrScrubscrub 2 years ago
I think it's funny how everyone rates the comments as 'bad' just because people don't like Ustinov as Poirot.
I personally think he's not the right physical type either - but he's a great actor, and the rest of the cast is wonderful, too.
GiniaKat 2 years ago
I totally agree.
GiniaKat 2 years ago
Cristie has something about the Irish. The name Doyle or Ferguson often comes out as one of the characters in her novels. It's just a minor curiosity.
albierte 2 years ago
Welcome to the Temple of Abu Simbel!
Said by Mia Farrow!
The movie's most solemn moment!
Megalommatis 2 years ago
This is my favorite version solely because of Angela Lansbury.... Monsieur Porridge! bahahahaha
vegetables88 2 years ago 3
mia farrow has a look of tilda swinton about her
openlyenigmatic 2 years ago 2
Love the atmosphere of the movie
m0une 2 years ago
"I prescribed a course of armadillo's urine! Jaaa!"
Hahahahahah!
InsomniaCafe 2 years ago 4
Lol, "No, no! That's the river"
Johnston212 2 years ago 6
I'm afraid I will have to agree, Suchet is as much the physical form of Poirot as Jeremy Brett is of Holmes.
Johnston212 2 years ago
Thanks for uploading movie.
Anyway, I don't like this version
It distorted the original one.
And the actor who plays as Poirot...
.......I don't like him
There should be more suitable actor
Evolutionaryera 2 years ago
"This way is better"
"there's a beastly step that I always trip on"
"no no that's the river!"
ROFL starting from 6:55
knightsjoker 3 years ago 12
haha! yes!
ellecto 2 years ago
what an awesome reentrance for jaquiline! really made my hairs stand on end ^_^
garfreeek 3 years ago
Jessica lansbury is so good in this. I thought Frances De La Tour ruined this role for me in David Suchets version
summersunt 3 years ago 2
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What on earth did they do to the story?? They totally ruined it! The version with David Suchet is so much better... Peter Ustinov just SUCKS.
tomchaplinrules 3 years ago
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garfreeek 3 years ago
I don't think he sucks - but Suchet is much, much better.
Love the rest of the cast, though!!!!
GiniaKat 2 years ago 5
"There's a beastly step that I always trip on...no, no, that's the river!" lol
XBGJDKE 3 years ago 33
Simon reminds me a bit of Brad in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Is it the same guy? Does anyone know?
kirschsand 3 years ago
Not the same guy,but very similar appearance and manner.This guy turned up years later as "Manimal",the shape-shifter.Remember that one?
ianwr000 3 years ago
@ianwr000 I remember that show.You must be my age.Dont think it lasted long.
antitum 1 year ago
that is actor Micheal York. He starred in the Austin Power movies and in the cult classic "Logan's Run".
ContrastY 3 years ago
Micheal York is not in this movie.
Unownshipper 3 years ago
now that you mentioned it, this actor is a bit more handsome than Micheal York though there is a strong resemblance between the two men!
The actor is Simon MacCorkindale, someone I am not at all familiar with.
ContrastY 3 years ago
I'm reading the book and it's really good!! ^^but isn't jackie suppose to be a brunett?
jackiieA7X 3 years ago 4
they hesitated to choose her, but they thought she had everything exept the looks to play the role.
so they prefered the acting ^_^
garfreeek 3 years ago
Peter Ustinov what a genious!
coould speak perfect german and also french
mRsBedLO 3 years ago 7
Yes, Evil Under the Sun - PLEASE!!
imjunipernow 3 years ago 5
I wonder why they dont have Cornelia Robson in the movie.. she had a rather big role really..
punkipye 3 years ago 5
I want every one of Linnet's dresses.
magpiepeck 3 years ago 33
@magpiepeck , me too. Loved all her clothes.
ProudKansan08 1 year ago
6:45 Then again it could have been these two women that pushed the rock over?
EmpireLS56KW 1 year ago
5:40 my favorite part heheh
yuionanodesuyo 3 years ago 3
Jack Warden was a great character actor, able to tackle a wide range of roles. Here, though, he doesn't seem to have based his characterisation of Dr Bessner on Agatha Christie's description, he's rather more reminiscent of Donald Duck's German uncle, Ludwig Von Drake.
Cool2BCeltic 3 years ago 2
yeah, i vote for 'evil under the sun!'
almadora 3 years ago 2
Lois Chiles was also on Dallas for a season or two.
LucyFan2007 4 years ago
Muchas gracias!! Thank you...!
GfcVdK 4 years ago
God Lois Chiles is such a bad actress. She wasn't much better in Moonraker either. I think she disappeared after that. Still, she looked great though.
ManfredDeJesus 4 years ago
a classic.. what a great movie... do you also have Evil under the sun
LBFFM 4 years ago 6
Thank you for posting..:)
01nevena 4 years ago 5