Discover
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Guy Hamilton
Director -
Agatha Christie
Novel -
Frank Walsh
Set Designer -
Barry Sandler
Writer -
John Richards
Sound Recordist -
Jim Brennan
Production Manager -
Andy Armstrong
Second Assistant Director -
Richard Goodwin
Producer
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CinemaSerf 6/8/2023 8:08:20 AM
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".
Roddy McDowall
Rex BrewsterMaggie Smith
Daphne CastleDiana Rigg
Arlena Stuart MarshallPeter Ustinov
Hercule PoirotJames Mason
Odell GardenerJane Birkin
Christine RedfernColin Blakely
Horace BlattEmily Hone
Linda Marshall