Rent Evil Under the Sun (1982)
3.6 of 5 from 85 ratings
1h 51min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Peter Ustinov returns with an all-star cast in one of Agatha Christie's most sinister mysteries! When a shrewish stage star is found strangled at a posh island resort, detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) is called in to investigate. But as the brilliant Belgian learns, it isn't a matter of who would want the diva dead, but who wouldn't? As he follows the twists and turns of clues and motives, Poirot soon discovers that even among the rich and famous, murder never takes a holiday.
- Actors:
- Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Emily Hone, John Alderson, Paul Antrim, Cyril Conway, Barbara Hicks, Richard Vernon, Robert Dorning, Dimitri Andreas, Eric Kent, Guy Standeven
- Directors:
- Guy Hamilton
- Producers:
- John Brabourne, Richard B. Goodwin
- Writers:
- Anthony Shaffer, Agatha Christie, Barry Sandler
- Aka:
- Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A History of Sports Films (Summer Edition), Action & Adventure, All the Twos: 1972-2012, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Drama Films & TV, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: James Mason, People of the Pictures, Remembering Maggie Smith, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Agatha Christie Films, Top 10 Guest Houses On Film, Top 10 Tennis Films, Top Film and TV Detectives: Guide to Screen Sleuth, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/01/2014
- Run Time:
- 116 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/11/2025
- Run Time:
- 117 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- New - Back to the Island: Emily Hone remembers 'Evil Under the Sun'
- New - Excessive Creatures: A Video Essay by David Cairns
- Making Of featurette
- Audio commentary with Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell, and Nathaniel Thompson
- Interview with costume designer Anthony Powell
- Interview with screenwriter Barry Sandler
- Interview with producer Richard Goodwin
- Behind the Scenes stills gallery
- Costume Designs gallery
- Original Trailer
- The Royal Film Performance 1982: In the Gracious Presence of H. M. the Queen and H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh - At the Odeon Leicester Square
- Radio spots
