Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)

Evil Under the Sun
American theatrical release poster
Directed byGuy Hamilton
Screenplay byAnthony Shaffer
Based onEvil Under the Sun
by Agatha Christie
Produced byJohn Brabourne
Richard Goodwin
Starring
CinematographyChristopher Challis
Edited byRichard Marden
Music byCole Porter
John Lanchbery
Production
companies
EMI Films
Titan Productions
Mersham Productions Ltd.
Distributed byColumbia-EMI-Warner Distributors[1]
Release date
  • 5 March 1982 (1982-03-05)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[2]
Box office$6.1 million (U.S. only)[3]

Evil Under the Sun is a 1982 British mystery film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie[4] and directed by Guy Hamilton. Peter Ustinov stars as Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective whom he had previously played in Death on the Nile (1978).[5]

  1. ^ "Evil Under the Sun (1981)". BBFC. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ Moses, Antoinette (October 1982). "British Film Production 1981". Sight and Sound. Vol. 51, no. 4. p. 258. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Evil Under the Sun (1982)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  4. ^ Canby, Vincent (5 March 1982). "Evil Under Sun, New Christie". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Evil Under the Sun (1981) – Guy Hamilton – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.