Evil Under the Sun is a 1981 British mystery film based on the 1941 novel Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie. A hiker rushes into the local police station at the moors in Yorkshire. She has found the body of a woman who appears to have been strangled. The victim's name is Alice Ruber but the police find no leads. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called in by an insurance company and asked to check out a blue-hued diamond belonging to Sir Horace Blatt , a millionaire industrialist. Poirot notices it is a fake, confirming the opinion of appraisers working on behalf of the firm. Poirot... meets Blatt who is not only surprised at the news of the fake, but expresses resentment that "that woman" could do this to him. Blatt explains that he had an affair with a woman he met in New York and gave her the diamond which he had purchased for US$50,000 . He got her to return it after she dumped him for another man. He knows that the woman is due to go on holiday at an island which hosts an exclusive hotel. Poirot agrees to go to the same island in order that they can confront the woman and enjoy a holiday of his own.
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| Release date: | February 12, 1982 |
| Directed by: | Guy Hamilton |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 117 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne |
| Music by: | Cole Porter |
| Cinematography: | Christopher Challis |
| Screenplay by: | Barry Sandler, Anthony Shaffer |
| Adapted from: | Evil Under the Sun |
| Genre: | Thriller |