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Evil Under the Sun

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6.9/10 • 425

1982-03-051h 57m

ThrillerCrimeMysteryDrama

Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise.

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.

Directors
Guy Hamilton
Writters
Barry Sandler
Editors
Richard Marden

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  1. Peter Ustinov

    Peter Ustinov

    Hercule Poirot

  2. James Mason

    James Mason

    Odell Gardener

  3. Sylvia Miles

    Sylvia Miles

    Myra Gardener

  4. Roddy McDowall

    Roddy McDowall

    Rex Brewster

  5. Maggie Smith

    Maggie Smith

    Daphne Castle

  6. Jane Birkin

    Jane Birkin

    Christine Redfern

  7. Nicholas Clay

    Nicholas Clay

    Patrick Redfern

  8. Diana Rigg

    Diana Rigg

    Arlena Stuart Marshall

  9. Denis Quilley

    Denis Quilley

    Kenneth Marshall

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CinemaSerf

Jun 8, 2023

7/10

Guy Hamilton does wonders here with this fairly far-fetched Agatha Christie story about the murder of an actress - a rather unlikeable creation of Diana Rigg - on an idyllic if somewhat ramshackle island paradise run by Maggie Smith. Peter Ustinov is on hand, luckily, to exercise his little grey cells and establish who did what to whom, and why! James Mason, Sylvia Miles and Roddy McDowall head the supporting list of suspects as "Monsieur Poirot" tries to suss it all out. It is quite an enjoyable affair with some attractive scenery and a few fun sub-plots to the main theme, but it doesn't really compare so well to "Death on the Nile" or "Murder on the Orient Express".

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
$6,110,804.00
Keywords
islandbased on novel or bookdetectivegreecemurdermurder mysteryholiday resort