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Agatha Christie
Novel -
Guy Hamilton
Director -
Andy Armstrong
Second Assistant Director -
Anthony Shaffer
Screenplay -
Bob Penn
Still Photographer -
Derek Cracknell
First Assistant Director -
Ramon Gow
Hairdresser -
Anthony Powell
Costume Design
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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".
Maggie Smith
Daphne CastleRoddy McDowall
Rex BrewsterJames Mason
Odell GardenerDiana Rigg
Arlena Stuart MarshallPeter Ustinov
Hercule PoirotJane Birkin
Christine RedfernPaul Antrim
Police InspectorJohn Alderson
Police Sergeant