Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise.
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.
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Sylvia Miles, Roddy McDowall, Maggie Smith, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Diana Rigg
Collection: Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) Collection
Appointment with Death
1988 - 6.1/10
Murder in Three Acts
1986 - 5.8/10
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
2020 - 7.3/10
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991 - 6.9/10
The Two Faces of January
2014 - 5.8/10
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
2015 - 6.7/10
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 - 6.7/10
Islands
2025 - 6.1/10
CinemaSerf - 7/10
Guy Hamilton does wonders here with this fairly far-fetched Agatha Christie story about the murder of an actress - a rather unlikeable creation of Diana Rigg - on an idyllic if somewhat ramshackle island paradise run by Maggie Smith. Peter Ustinov is on hand, luckily, to exercise his little grey cells and establish who did what to whom, and why! James Mason, Sylvia Miles and Roddy McDowall head th...
June 8, 2023
Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise.
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.
Sign in to track your movie progress
Directed by
Written by
,
Produced by
,
Sign in to rate and review
AI-curated picks that share the same spirit as Evil Under the Sun but with an unexpected twist — different era, country, tone, or perspective.
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.
1h 57m
March 5, 1982
Guy Hamilton
Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Sylvia Miles
Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
PG
Yes, on Amazon Prime Video and Britbox Apple TV Channel
