Directed by:
Guy HamiltonCinematography:
Christopher ChallisCast:
Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, James Mason, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, Dimitri Andreas, Richard Vernon (more)Plots(1)
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot travels to what appears to be an idyllic vacation island in the Adriatic Sea. The Evil exists anywhere... even in paradise islands. A former actress (Arlena Marshall), who alienates everyone around her, is found strangled on the beach. Everyone in the resort had a motive to kill Arlena, but all seemingly have an alibi. Poirot will investigate the murder. Poirot discovers that the murderer is Patrick Redfern, Arlena's lover, who had been having an affair with Arlena while seemingly flaunting it in his wife's face. He wanted to steal back a diamond he had given her, which had itself been stolen before Arlena came into possession of it. It turns out that not only did Patrick's wife approve of the affair, but was in cahoots with her husband. An elaborate ruse had been set up to throw Poirot off the track with Patrick's wife temporarily impersonating Arlena after Arlena had been killed. The murder turns out to be linked to a previous murder case, in which it was assumed that a vagrant had committed the crime. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Peter Ustinov
UK
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Spartacus (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Colin Blakely
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
Jane Birkin
UK
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Nicholas Clay
UK
Best movies:
Excalibur (1981)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Roddy McDowall
UK
Best movies:
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Sylvia Miles
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Wall Street (1987)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Diana Rigg
UK
Best movies:
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Maggie Smith
UK
Best movies:
Dimitri Andreas
Best movies:
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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
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Richard Vernon
UK
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Robert Dorning
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Ragtime (1981)
Denis Quilley
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
John Alderson
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Cleopatra (1963)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Eric Kent
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Quadrophenia (1979)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Cyril Conway
UK
Best movies:
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
The Wicked Lady (1983)
Getting It Right (1989)
Barbara Hicks
UK
Best movies:
Death on the Nile (1978)
Brazil (1985)
Orlando (1992)
Paul Antrim
Ireland
Best movies:
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
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