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Evil Under the Sun
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.
1982 · Directed by Guy Hamilton · 117 min · Thriller · Crime · Mystery · Drama · 14 frames
Tagline
Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise.
Crew
- Screenplay: Anthony Shaffer
- Written by: Barry Sandler
- Cinematography: Christopher Challis
- Edited by: Richard Marden
- Production design: Elliot Scott
- Produced by: John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin
Cast
- Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
- James Mason as Odell Gardener
- Sylvia Miles as Myra Gardener
- Roddy McDowall as Rex Brewster
- Maggie Smith as Daphne Castle
- Jane Birkin as Christine Redfern
- Nicholas Clay as Patrick Redfern
- Diana Rigg as Arlena Stuart Marshall
- Denis Quilley as Kenneth Marshall
- Colin Blakely as Horace Blatt
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America, Spain
- Language: French, English, German
- Studios: EMI Films, G.W. Films, Titan Productions, Agatha Christie
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Box office: $6,110,804
- Themes: island, based on novel or book, detective, greece, murder, murder mystery, holiday resort
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