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Agatha Christie's Evil under the Sun

BBC One
on BBC One London

A Hercule Poirot murder mystery.
Tonight starring Peter Ustinov

'Everyone has the alibi, so you see nobody did it. And yet we still have a body.' (Poirot)

On a spectacular island in the Adriatic, a group of the wealthy (and not so wealthy) gather to drink, relax and bitch in a luxury hotel. It becomes clear that all are connected with one of the guests and for one of them the connection is a deadly one....

(First showing on British television)
(Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express' New Year's Eve at 8.45pm)
Films: page 25
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Anthony Powell
Based on the novel by:
Agatha Christie
Producer:
John Brabourne
Producer:
Richard Goodwin
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Hercule Poirot:
Peter Ustinov
Christine Redfern:
Jane Birkin
Sir Horace Blatt:
Colin Blakely
Patrick Redfern:
Nicholas Clay
Odell Gardener:
James Mason
Rex Brewster:
Roddy McDowall
Myra Gardener:
Sylvia Miles
Captain Marshall:
Denis Quilley
Arlena Marshall:
Diana Rigg
Daphne Castle:
Maggie Smith
Linda Marshall:
Emily Hone
Flewitt's secretary:
Barbara Hicks
Flewitt:
Richard Vernon
Source: Radio Times

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