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Evil Under the Sun

1982 • 1h 57m •
Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
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★ 6.9/10
540 reviews
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Evil Under the Sun

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.

"Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise."

Top Billed Cast

Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot
James Mason
James Mason
Odell Gardener
Sylvia Miles
Sylvia Miles
Myra Gardener
Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall
Rex Brewster
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Daphne Castle
Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
Christine Redfern
Nicholas Clay
Nicholas Clay
Patrick Redfern
Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg
Arlena Stuart Marshall

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2023-06-08

Guy Hamilton does wonders here with this fairly far-fetched Agatha Christie story about the murder of an actress - a rather unlikeable creation of Diana Rigg - on an idyllic if somewhat ramshackle island paradise run by Maggie Smith. Peter Ustinov is on hand, luckily, to exercise his little grey cells and establish who did what to whom, and why! James Mason, Sylvia Miles and Roddy McDowall head the supporting list of suspects as "Monsieur Poirot" tries to suss it all out. It is quite an enjoyable affair with some attractive scenery and a few fun sub-plots to the main theme, but it doesn't real...