The film sets in the provincial North Devon , England setting on Smuggler's Island off the Devonshire Coast from the Agatha Christie source 'Evil Under the Sun' novel . Various guests at a beach resort as suspects of a murder committed in a luxurious touristic place and Poirot trying to uncover the real murderer , including some red herrings . An amusing suspense and intrigue with Poirot on holidays . This whodunit deals with Hercule Poirot as the Belgian sleuth man in he case of killing a rich , unpopular actress in an island during a luxury vacation . An illness brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive resort frequented by the rich and famous . While Poirot enjoys the glamorous hotel an actress is found murdered on the beach . When the murder is committed , everyone has an alibi . Hercule is surrounded by an interesting assortment of characters , including various wealthy people , but it appears that everyone hates the killed woman . He investigates the tourists and numerous suspects , all support cast . Who is the killer? , can he find the guilty ? . Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot , our favourite and intimate detective , must unravel the mystery at the ending . Can Poirot identify the killer before he ends his vacation ?
David Suchet stars once more as ace Belgian detective in this enjoyable Agatha Christie mystery/whodunit with excellent pieces of scene-settings , and Poirot solving the murder of a shrewish actress at a spa . The film is a detective story in which you are the detective . Although there are not enough murder ; however , filmmaker sustains interest for the most avid Agatha Christie fans . In this episode there is mystery , emotion , suspense , wonderful outdoors and actors' interpretations are first-rate . The pairing of Poirot/Suchet and Hastings/Hugh Fraser gives top-notch fruits . And the arguments and discussions among suspects provide some delightful moments played by the accumulated talents of a fine support cast . After the clues have been shown we will get a chance to give the answer with Poirot finding out about the culprit at a twisted finale with outstanding surprises , but are taken the murders from different viewpoints of everyone , which it makes a little bit tiring and overlong . . Interesting plot well adapted , adding gorgeous locations and shot at a luxury hotel where Agatha Christie wrote the book "Evil Under the Sun" . The location is important , the island should be a star , just as the Nile steamer ¨Death on the Nile¨ and the Orient Express in the ¨Murder on the Orient Express¨ were stars . The movie gets a lush costume design and adequate production design . Along with colorful and sunny cinematography , being filmed on Burgh Island , Devon and including a sensitive and atmospheric musical score . Magnificent performances from a nice cast , a number of the cast had appeared in other Miss Marple chapters and Agatha Christie movies . This film was professionally directed by Brian Farnham who made a lot of episodes . The flick will appeal to suspense lovers and Agatha Christie-Poirot novels buffs
This series ¨Hercule Poirot¨ formed by 70 episodes stars the great David Suchet , usually accompanied by Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings , Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon . Splendid series in which David Suchet gives a fantastic acting similarly to Peter Ustinov . Suchet and Ustinov acting is similar to Albert Finney from ¨Murder on the Orient Express¨ . Ustinov starred various Hercule Poirot films, such as : ¨Evil under the sun¨ by Guy Hamilton with Jane Birkin , Nicholas Clay , Maggie Smith , Roddy McDowall ,Colyn Blakely , Sylvia Miles , James Mason , Denis Quilley , Diana Rigg ; it was made and released about forty-one years after Agatha Christie's source novel of the same name was first published in 1941 , being selected to be the 1982 Royal Film Performance , this movie was the first ever filmed version of this story, it being remade with ¨Poirot: Evil Under the Sun¨ (2001) with David Suchet . And ¨Death on the Nile¨ by John Guillermin with Lois Chiles , Bette Davis , Mia Farrow , Jon Finch , Olivia Hussey , I.S. Johar , George Kennedy , Angela Lansbury , Simon MacCorkindale, David Niven . And ¨Appointment with death¨ (1988) by Michael Winner with Piper Laurie , Lauren Bacall , John Gielgud , David Soul , Carrie Fisher , Jenny Seagrove . And for TV in low budget as : ¨Murder in three acts¨ ,¨Dead man's folly¨ and ¨Thirteen at dinner¨ ; but the best considered turn out to be ¨Death on the Nile¨ and ¨Evil under the sun¨ .
