Evil Under the Sun

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Evil Under the Sun is a 1982 British mystery film adaptation of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novel of the same name, featuring an ensemble cast and a glamorous island resort setting.

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instanceOf British film ⓘ
film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
artDirector Peter Lamont ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Agatha Christie ⓘ
basedOn Evil Under the Sun (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Evil Under the Sun

Hercule Poirot character ⓘ
cinematographer Christopher Challis ⓘ
composer Cole Porter ⓘ
costumeDesigner Anthony Powell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Guy Hamilton ⓘ
distributor Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors ⓘ
editor Richard Marden ⓘ
featuresCharacter Hercule Poirot ⓘ
filmingLocation Ibiza ⓘ
linked to: Ibiza, Spain

Majorca ⓘ
linked to: Mallorca
followedBy Thirteen at Dinner (1985 film) ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen at Dinner
genre crime ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ
musicAdaptedFrom songs by Cole Porter ⓘ
notableFeature ensemble cast ⓘ
use of Cole Porter songs ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Hercule Poirot film series starring Peter Ustinov ⓘ
plotSummary Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a famous stage actress at an exclusive island resort. ⓘ
precededBy Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ
producer John Brabourne ⓘ
Richard Goodwin ⓘ
linked to: Richard B. Goodwin
productionCompany Agatha Christie Productions ⓘ
EMI Films ⓘ
releaseYear 1982 ⓘ
role Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot ⓘ
linked to: Hercule Poirot
runningTime approximately 117 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Anthony Shaffer ⓘ
setting Adriatic Sea (fictional island) ⓘ
luxury island resort ⓘ
starred Colin Blakely ⓘ
Denis Quilley ⓘ
Diana Rigg ⓘ
James Mason ⓘ
Jane Birkin ⓘ
Maggie Smith ⓘ
Nicholas Clay ⓘ
Peter Ustinov ⓘ
Roddy McDowall ⓘ
Sylvia Miles ⓘ

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Guy Hamilton → directed → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Peter Ustinov → notableWork → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Anthony Shaffer → notableWork → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Hercule Poirot → appearsInWork → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Diana Rigg → notableWork → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Hercule Poirot series → hasWork → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Hercule Poirot series → hasAdaptation → Evil Under the Sun (1982 film) ⓘ
linked to: Evil Under the Sun
Barry Sandler → notableWork → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Barry Sandler → wroteScreenplayFor → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Evil Under the Sun (1982 film) → basedOn → Evil Under the Sun (novel) ⓘ
subject linked to: Evil Under the Sun
linked to: Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller → notableWork → Evil Under the Sun ⓘ
Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma → notableWork → Evil Under the Sun (1982 film) ⓘ
linked to: Evil Under the Sun