Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise.
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.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$10,000,000
Revenue
$6,110,804
Release Date
March 5, 1982
Popularity
2
Director
Guy Hamilton
Writer
Anthony Shaffer
Writer
Barry Sandler
Producer
John Brabourne
Producer
Richard Goodwin
Where to Watch
Cast
Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot
James Mason
Odell Gardener
Sylvia Miles
Myra Gardener
Roddy McDowall
Rex Brewster
Maggie Smith
Daphne Castle
Jane Birkin
Christine Redfern
Nicholas Clay
Patrick Redfern
Diana Rigg
Arlena Stuart Marshall
Denis Quilley
Kenneth Marshall
Colin Blakely
Horace Blatt
Emily Hone
Linda Marshall
Paul Antrim
Police Inspector
Cyril Conway
Police Surgeon
John Alderson
Police Sergeant
Richard Vernon
Flewitt
Dimitri Andreas
Gino
Robert Dorning
Concierge
Barbara Hicks
Flewitt's Secretary
Walter Henry
Waiter (uncredited)
Eric Kent
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
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".
