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Evil Under the Sun is Peter Ustinov's best turn as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in this second episode of the series. It's simply fascinating. An all-star cast -- including Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Maggie Smith, Roddy McDowall, James Mason, and Diana Rigg -- comprise the eccentric round of suspects in a murder that's been committed on a remote vacation isle. The mystery is a devious one; Poirot has to sort through all kinds of secrets and clues and devilish plans to figure it all out -- and yet it all makes sense. Director Guy Hamilton paces the film well and knows how to build dramatic tension. At the end, is there anything more satisfying than nabbing the criminal mastermind behind it all?
Other Versions
Series Entries
- Death On the Nile (1978)
- Evil Under the Sun (1982)
- Thirteen At Dinner (1985)
- Dead Man's Folly (1986)
- Murder In Three Acts (1986)
- Appointment With Death (1988)
Related Films
- The Alphabet Murders (1965)
- Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
- The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1990)
- Peril At End House (1990)
- Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1994)
- Hickory Dickory Dock (1995)
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2000)
- Lord Edgware Dies (2000)
- Murder In Mesopotamia (2001)
- Murder On the Orient Express (2001)
- Death On the Nile (2004)