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Evil Under the Sun (1982)

Peter Ustinov's Poirot on an Adriatic island hotel.

Evil Under the Sun is a 1982 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton, based on Agatha Christie's 1941 novel, with Peter Ustinov returning as Hercule Poirot after Death on the Nile (1978). Asked by an insurance company to examine a diamond belonging to the millionaire Sir Horace Blatt, Poirot finds it is a fake and travels to an exclusive hotel on an island in the Adriatic Sea to question the actress Arlena Stuart Marshall, Sir Horace's former mistress.

Quick Facts

Director
Guy Hamilton
Screenplay
Anthony Shaffer
Based on
Evil Under the Sun, Agatha Christie
Producer
John Brabourne; Richard Goodwin
Cinematography
Christopher Challis
Editing
Richard Marden
Music
Cole Porter (arranged and conducted by John Lanchbery)
Studio
  • EMI Films
  • Titan Productions
  • Mersham Productions Ltd.

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