
Hercule Poirot (Sir Peter Ustinov) is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding a dead woman's body found on a moor, and then an important diamond sent to the company to be insured, turns out to be a fake. Poirot discovers that the diamond was bought for Arlena Marshall (Dame Diana Rigg) by Sir Horace Blatt (Colin Blakely), and Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband and stepdaughter on a Mediterranean island hotel. He joins them on the island and... (Full plot summary below)
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Hercule Poirot (Sir Peter Ustinov) is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding a dead woman's body found on a moor, and then an important diamond sent to the company to be insured, turns out to be a fake. Poirot discovers that the diamond was bought for Arlena Marshall (Dame Diana Rigg) by Sir Horace Blatt (Colin Blakely), and Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband and stepdaughter on a Mediterranean island hotel. He joins them on the island and finds that everybody else starts to hate Arlena for different reasons, refusing to do a stage show, stopping a book, and for having an open affair with Patrick Redfern (Nicholas Clay), another guest, in full view of his shy wife. So it's only a matter of time before Arlena turns up dead, strangled, and Poirot must find out who it is.
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| StarburstJ.R. SouthallPerhaps less celebrated and well-remembered than the earlier Brabourne and Goodwin Christie adaptations beginning with Murder on the Orient Express in 1974, Evil Under the Sun is easily their equal and possibly even the best of them. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertEvil Under The Sun is not, alas, as good as Beat the Devil, but it is the best of the recent group of Christie retreads. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyEvil Under the Sun, the latest Agatha Christie whodunit to be given the all-star screen treatment, has nothing but style, but its style goes a long way. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenWith Ustinov's energetic impersonation of Poirot and Anthony Shaffer's traditionally structured script, Death on the Nile offered a fair recreation of Agatha Christie's world, but this time Christie herself would rightly have disowned the film. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatEvil Under the Sun is a nifty screen adaptation of a 1940 Agatha Christie novel. |
| User ReviewAmy BMy favourite Agatha Christie movie with an amazing all-star cast! |
| User ReviewGinger JPeter was the best ever Hercule. loved this one |
| User ReviewAlex SAll time favorite! Nice detective movie! Shoot on Majorca island Spain! Agatha Christie´s H.Poirot |
| User ReviewLars-Erik AI love this movie! I have to watch it every week! |
| User ReviewMark RThe best Agatha Christie adaptation ever with a simplified plot stripped of red herrings. |