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Evil Under the Sun ()

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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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Hercule Poirot
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Sir Horace Blatt
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Christine Redfern
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Patrick Redfern
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Daphne Castle
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Rex Brewster
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Myra Gardener
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Odell Gardener
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Kenneth Marshall
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Arlena Stuart Marshall
Emily Hone ...
Linda Marshall
John Alderson ...
Police Sergeant
Paul Antrim ...
Police Inspector
Cyril Conway ...
Police Surgeon
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Flewitt's Secretary
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Flewitt
Robert Dorning ...
Concierge
Dimitri Andreas ...
Gino
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Walter Henry ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Eric Kent ...
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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Vicar On Train (uncredited)

Directed by

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Guy Hamilton

Written by

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Anthony Shaffer ... (screenplay)
 
Agatha Christie ... (novel) (uncredited)
 
Barry Sandler ... () (uncredited)

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John Brabourne ... producer
Richard Goodwin ... producer
Michael John Knatchbull ... associate producer (as Michael-John Knatchbull)

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Christopher Challis ... director of photography

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Richard Marden

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Roy Birchley ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Dyson Lovell ... (uncredited)

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Elliot Scott

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Alan Cassie

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Peter Howitt

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Anthony Powell

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Jill Carpenter ... chief makeup artist
Ramon Gow ... chief hairdresser

Production Management

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Jim Brennan ... production manager
Barrie Melrose ... production supervisor

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Andy Armstrong ... second assistant director
Derek Cracknell ... first assistant director

Art Department

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John Paterson ... construction manager
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)
Tony Teiger ... props (uncredited)
Frank Walsh ... set designer (uncredited)

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John W. Mitchell ... sound recordist (as John Mitchell)
John Richards ... sound recordist
Bill Rowe ... sound recordist
Nicholas Stevenson ... sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Robin Browne ... camera operator: second unit
John Palmer ... camera operator
Bob Penn ... still photographer
John Clarke ... best boy (uncredited)
Nobby Cross ... gaffer (uncredited)

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Rosemary Burrows ... wardrobe supervisor
Frederick Fox ... hat maker (as Freddie Fox)
Joanna Johnston ... assistant to costume designer
Barbara Matera ... costume maker
Germinal Rangel ... costume maker
Woody Shelp ... hat maker
John Cowell ... costume textile artist (uncredited)

Music Department

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John Dalby ... music arranger: additional arrangements
John Lanchbery ... conductor / music arranger

Script and Continuity Department

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Elaine Schreyeck ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Barbara Allen ... production assistant
Gordon Arnell ... publicist
Hugh Casson ... title sketches
Robert Ellis ... title graphics
Jesús García Gárgoles ... production liaison: Spain (as Jesus Gargoles)
Brian Harris ... supervising accountant
Denise O'Dell ... production liaison: Spain
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Plot Summary

Hercule Poirot (Sir Peter Ustinov) is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding a dead woman's body found on a moor, and then an 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 (Dame Diana Rigg) by Sir Horace Blatt (Colin Blakely), and Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband and stepdaughter on a Mediterranean 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 (Nicholas Clay), 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

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Taglines Evil is Everywhere. Even in Paradise. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun (United Kingdom)
  • Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun (United States)
  • Meurtre au soleil (France)
  • Das Böse unter der Sonne (Germany)
  • Muerte bajo el sol (Spain)
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  • 117 min
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Budget $10,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Peter Ustinov designed the bathing suit he wore in this movie. See more »
Goofs In the film, Patrick Redfern was wearing swim briefs ("Speedos") on many occasions (suntanning on the beach, steering a motorboat with Myra Gardener on board), and it is suggested that, since the film was set in the 1930s or 1940s, that the male "overall" swimsuit was "norm", and the "Speedo" type suit was an anachronism. This is not true; by 1936 (after the Olympics) men started wearing one piece and much tighter fitting "Speedo" suits. The film is probably set before 1939 (the book was written in 1941), and by this time, fashionable and daring men would have worn this type of swimsuit, particularly to secluded getaways, such as the setting for the movie. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Quest for Fire/Union City/The Amateur/Evil Under the Sun (1982). See more »
Soundtracks You're the Top See more »
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 »
Quotes Arlena Stuart Marshall: Oh, dear! I'm the last to arrive.
Daphne Castle: Have a sausage. You must be starving having to wait all that time in your room.
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