The Most Convoluted Murder I've Ever Seen

Zing !

The "Death on the Nile" plot is worse, that one counted on nobody on a crowded ship being around at the right moment, and would have been totally ruined if anyone had gone out for a drink or a cig.

I liked the movie but I agree

It's a darling of a film.

They had to kill her in a way that ruled out Christine; strangulation by giant man-hands did that

Then they had to establish an alibi for Patrick and his giant man-hands