Evil Under the Sun
"Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise."
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8

Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot

James Mason
Odell Gardener

Sylvia Miles
Myra Gardener

Roddy McDowall
Rex Brewster

Maggie Smith
Daphne Castle

Jane Birkin
Christine Redfern

Nicholas Clay
Patrick Redfern

Diana Rigg
Arlena Stuart Marshall
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Guy Hamilton
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Reviews1
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".
Jun 8, 2023






































