Evil Under the Sun is a 1982 British mystery film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie and directed by Guy Hamilton. Peter Ustinov stars as Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective whom he had previously played in Death on the Nile (1978).
Plot[]
An unpopular stage star (Diana Rigg) dies while on her honeymoon on an island in the Adriatic. Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), working on a case for an insurance company regarding an important diamond, finds that it was bought for her.
Cast[]
- Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
- Colin Blakely as Sir Horace Blatt
- Jane Birkin as Christine Redfern
- Nicholas Clay as Patrick Redfern
- Maggie Smith as Daphne Castle
- Roddy McDowall as Rex Brewster
- Sylvia Miles as Myra Gardener
- James Mason as Odell Gardener
- Denis Quilley as Kenneth Marshall
- Diana Rigg as Arlena Stuart Marshall
- Emily Hone as Linda Marshall