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Evil Under the Sun (1982)

PG | | Drama, Mystery | 5 March 1982 (USA)
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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. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Hercule Poirot
... Sir Horace Blatt
... Christine Redfern
... Patrick Redfern
... Daphne Castle
... Rex Brewster
... Myra Gardener
... Odell Gardener
... Kenneth Marshall
... Arlena Marshall
Emily Hone ... Linda Marshall
John Alderson ... Police Sergeant
Paul Antrim ... Police Inspector
Cyril Conway ... Police Surgeon
... Flewitt's Secretary
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Storyline

Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding firstly a dead woman's body found on a moor and then a important diamond sent to the company to be insured turns out to be a fake. Poirot discovers that the diamond was bought for Arlena Marshall by Sir Horace Platt and Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband and step-daughter on a tropical island hotel. He joins them on the island and finds that everybody else starts to hate Arlena for different reasons - refusing to do a stage show, stopping a book, and for having an open affair with Patrick Redfern, another guest, in full view of his shy wife. So it's only a matter of time before Arlena turns up dead, strangled and Poirot must find out who it is... Written by Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>

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Evil is Everywhere. Even in Paradise. See more »

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Drama | Mystery

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Also Known As:

Das Böse unter der Sonne  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,690,774, 7 March 1982, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$6,110,000
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Trivia

This motion picture was selected to be the 1982 Royal Film Performance. The film screened on Monday 22nd March 1982 at London's Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square in the gracious presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with proceeds from the charity UK premiere going to the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund. However, this screening was not the world premiere of the film, it had debuted in Australia a month earlier in February 1982, the picture launching down under there because EMI's Can't Stop the Music (1980) had had its best box-office returns there. See more »

Goofs

The first corpse (found in the moor at the beginning of the film) can clearly be seen breathing. See more »

Quotes

Daphne Castle: Clean it, clean it. Don't just lean on the thing.
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits feature watercolors by British architect and artist, Sir Hugh Casson, who taught Prince Charles to paint. The titles for each actor feature an item of costume, prop or setting relevant to their character and those for the production team are similarly themed. See more »

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Night and Day
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Peter Ustinov IS Hercule Poirot!
21 December 2004 | by – See all my reviews

I love Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot. Forget all those other phonies who've tried to fill his shoes! Including that ridiculous Murder on the Orient Express!

His sly, lovable demeanor rivals any of the great actors playing detectives- Peter Falk as Columbo, etc. He has a wonderful way of gaining the confidence and trust of each of his suspects, while probing them for information. You never really know who he suspects, and that's the fun of the mystery. He guides you through the maze like true detective.

I have seen each of his delicious portrayals as the great, Belgian detective several times, and they just get better with age.
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