Evil Under the Sun
Thriller • PG • 1982 • 1 hr 57 min
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Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Sylvia Miles, Roddy McDowall, Maggie Smith
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Peter Ustinov may not be the best Poirot, but this quite enjoyable nonetheless.
There's a lot going on, due to that, it can be confusing at times but overall a good mystery.
Classic Ustinov who excels beyond Finney as Poirot, & equally proves 2 B just as entertaining as Suchet, & preferable 2 Branagh also!
I love Perot! Of all the neurotic detectives he’s my favorite. Maggie Smith, cast against type, is so great in this! Surprisingly diverting.
A locked-room murder mystery buoyed considerably by the scenes where the inn’s owner (Maggie Smith) pitches suspicions to Poirot (Ustinov).
Better than most Christie retreads, but unfortunately that isn’t saying much. Very stylish film with a banger cast. Ustinov is just fine.
This Agatha Christie's classic will keep you good company during a lazy summer afternoon
Fairly faithful Agatha Christie adaptation. A little shallow but OK enough.
Another great murder mystery
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As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
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.
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.
