Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this US crime drama based on the novel by Agatha Christie. While on holiday in 1930s Egypt, Poirot finds himself on the hunt for a killer after rich heiress Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle (Gal Gadot) is tragically murdered aboard a cruise ship travelling down the Nile. After discovering that a number of the passengers had a reason to kill her, Poirot faces a race against time to solve the case before the ship reaches port. The cast also includes Armie Hammer, Tom Bateman and Emma Mackey.