Movie
Evil Under the Sun
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-03-05
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- EMI Films, G.W. Films, Titan Productions, Agatha Christie
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America, Spain
- Original language
- EN
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
- Emily Hone as Linda Marshall
- Paul Antrim as Police Inspector
Crew
- Guy Hamilton - Director
- Barry Sandler - Writer
- Anthony Shaffer - Screenplay
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