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Evil Under the Sun is a 1982 British mystery film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie and directed by Guy Hamilton. Peter Ustinov stars as Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective whom he had previously played in Death on the Nile (1978).
Mar 5, 1982 · Evil Under the Sun: Directed by Guy Hamilton. With Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay. Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous.
- (21K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Guy Hamilton
- 1982-03-05
Evil Under the Sun (1982) Rated PG. The delicious moments in an Agatha Christie film are supposed to come at the end, when the detective (in this case, the redoubtable Hercule Poirot) gathers everyone in the sitting room and toys with their guilt complexes before finally fingering the murderer.
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Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), solves the murder of an actress at a Balkan resort.
- (12)
- Guy Hamilton
- PG
- Peter Ustinov
Evil Under the Sun (1982), based on Agatha Christie's 1941 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Anthony Shaffer and Barry Sandler, marked the second time that Peter Ustinov played the role of Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot.
- Guy Hamilton
- Peter Ustinov
Evil Under the Sun is a 1982 British mystery film based on the 1941 novel Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie. It was produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin for EMI Films with screenplay by Anthony Shaffer.
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. Guy Hamilton. Director. Agatha Christie.
