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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.

    Genre: ThrillerCrimeMysteryDrama

    Starring: Peter UstinovJames MasonSylvia MilesRoddy McDowallMaggie Smith

    Language: en

    Duration: 117mins

    Release: 1982-03-05

    Rating: 6.876

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    Part of the Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) Collection

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    Reviews

    CinemaSerf

    CinemaSerf

    6/8/2023

    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 really compare so well to "Death on the Nile" or "Murder on the Orient Express".