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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.

"Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise."

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Review by: CinemaSerf

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 the supporting list of suspects as "Monsieur Poirot" tries to suss it all out. It is quite an enjoyable affair with some attractive scenery and a few fun sub-plots to the main theme, but it doesn't really compare so well to "Death on the Nile" or "Murder on the Orient Express".

Reviewer rating: 7.0

Actors


Peter Ustinov

Hercule Poirot


James Mason

Odell Gardener


Sylvia Miles

Myra Gardener


Roddy McDowall

Rex Brewster


Maggie Smith

Daphne Castle


Jane Birkin

Christine Redfern


Nicholas Clay

Patrick Redfern


Diana Rigg

Arlena Stuart Marshall


Denis Quilley

Kenneth Marshall

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