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Evil Under the Sun (published in 1941) is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, and a 1982 film based upon the novel. It features Hercule Poirot. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Evil_Sun_3. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was a British crime fiction writer. ... See also: 1981 in film 1982 1983 in film 1980s in film years in film film // Events January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars sequel, Return of the Jedi. ... Jump to: navigation, search Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Hercule Poirot (pronounced ) is a fictional character, the primary detective of Agatha Christies novels. ...


Plot

The novel continued in the vein of Christie's earlier successes portraying the idle rich in a holiday setting.

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

It was set on an island at an exclusive hotel, whose guests include a glamorous actress who is shortly murdered. And Poirot, staying on the island, soon learns that nearly all of the guests had a connection to her. Jump to: navigation, search A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ...


Film versions

The 1982 film was directed by Guy Hamilton with a script adaptation by Anthony Shaffer that stayed fairly closely within the plotlines of Christie's work, but with scenes truncated for time constraints, the removal of minor characters, and the inclusion of some elements of humour that were not part of the original. Jump to: navigation, search The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Guy Hamilton (born September 16, 1922, Paris, France) was a noted film director. ... Anthony Joshua Shaffer, (May 15, 1926 – November 6, 2001), was a English dramatist. ...

Diana Rigg and Denis Quilley
Diana Rigg and Denis Quilley

Filmed in Majorca, Spain, it made full use of its location to adequately convey the intricacies of Christie's plot, in which the hotel guests all appear to be at different parts of the island at the time of the murder. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Evil_Sun_2. ... Denis Quilley (December 26, 1927 - October 5, 2003) was a British theatre, television and film character actor who was long associated with the Royal National Theatre. ... Majorca (Mallorca in Catalan and Spanish, sometimes also encountered in English),: from Latin insula maior, later Maiorica, (major island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are a part of Spain. ...


It starred Peter Ustinov (making his second film appearance as Hercule Poirot), James Mason, Maggie Smith, Nicholas Clay, Jane Birkin, Sylvia Miles, Roddy McDowall and Diana Rigg. Several Cole Porter songs were used in the film's soundtrack and also provided the motif for the film score. Jump to: navigation, search Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (born Peter Alexander von Ustinow) (April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004) was a British-born and raised actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur. ... Hercule Poirot (pronounced ) is a fictional character, the primary detective of Agatha Christies novels. ... James Mason in North by Northwest. ... Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, DBE, (born December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex), better known as Maggie Smith, is a British film, stage, and television actress. ... Nicholas Clay as Lancelot in Excalibur. ... Jane Birkin (b. ... Sylvia Miles (b. ... Roddy McDowall as a child actor. ... Diana Rigg in her most famous role as Emma Peel. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ...


A television adaptation of the novel, which more closely followed the plot, was produced in 2001. It featured David Suchet as Poirot. This is a list of television-related events in 2001. ... David Suchet (born May 2, 1946) is a British actor best known for his television portrayal of Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot. ...



Agatha Christie
Detectives
Hercule Poirot | Miss Marple | Tommy and Tuppence | Ariadne Oliver | Arthur Hastings | Chief Inspector Japp
Novels
The Mysterious Affair at Styles | The Secret Adversary | Murder on the Links | The Man in the Brown Suit | The Secret of Chimneys | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | The Big Four | The Mystery of the Blue Train | The Seven Dials Mystery | The Murder at the Vicarage | The Sittaford Mystery | Peril at End House | Lord Edgware Dies | Murder on the Orient Express | Three Act Tragedy | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Death in the Clouds | The A.B.C. Murders | Murder in Mesopotamia | Cards on the Table | Death on the Nile | Dumb Witness | Appointment with Death | And Then There Were None | Murder is Easy | Hercule Poirot's Christmas | Sad Cypress | Evil Under the Sun | N or M? | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | The Body in the Library | Five Little Pigs | The Moving Finger | Towards Zero | Sparkling Cyanide | Death Comes as the End | The Hollow | Taken at the Flood | Crooked House | A Murder is Announced | They Came to Baghdad | Mrs McGinty's Dead | They Do It with Mirrors | A Pocket Full of Rye | After the Funeral | Hickory Dickory Dock | Destination Unknown | Dead Man's Folly | 4.50 From Paddington | Ordeal by Innocence | Cat Among the Pigeons | The Pale Horse | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | The Clocks | A Caribbean Mystery | At Bertram's Hotel | Third Girl | Endless Night | By The Pricking of My Thumbs | Hallowe'en Party | Passenger to Frankfurt | Nemesis | Elephants Can Remember | Postern of Fate | Curtain | Sleeping Murder
as Mary Westmacott
Giant's Bread | Unfinished Portrait | Absent in the Spring | The Rose and the Yew Tree | A Daughter's a Daughter | The Burden
Short story collections
Poirot Investigates | Partners in Crime | The Mysterious Mr. Quin | The Hound of Death | The Thirteen Problems | Parker Pyne Investigates | The Listerdale Mystery | Murder in the Mews | The Regatta Mystery | The Labours of Hercules | Poirot's Early Cases
Plays
Akhnaton | The Mousetrap | Witness for the Prosecution | Verdict | Rule of Three | Fiddlers Three

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Agatha Christie's Evil Under The Sun. (274 words)
Evil Under the Sun is set in the Jolly Roger Hotel, Smugglers Island, Leathercombe Bay on the south west coast of England.
Evil Under the Sun is one of Agatha Christie’s diabolically clever plots and I take my hat off to anyone who manages to work it all out.
Evil Under the Sun is vintage Agatha Christie written when she was at the height of her powers and a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Evil Under the Sun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1404 words)
Evil Under the Sun (published in 1941) is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot.
The plot is close to, although not exactly the same as, the short story “Triangle at Rhodes” that was published in Murder in the Mews.
In the 1982 film, the setting is moved to a secluded resort frequented by the rich and famous in the Adriatic Sea (the action was in fact filmed in Majorca, Spain).
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