The movie with a scene on August 14 is a mystery.
EVIL UNDER THE SUN
In an English village Miss Corrigan is found strangled by
a woman cyclist, but the prime suspect, her fiancée has an ironclad alibi.
Hercule Poirot goes to eat at Capt. Hastings new Argentine restaurant, but
passes out. His doctor says he’s obese and orders him to the Sandy Cove Hotel
for a health cure. Poirot and Hastings arrive there on August 14, 1936.[9:35 to
28:46]. The actress Arlena Stuart is staying there with her husband Kenneth
Marshall and step-son Lionel. Patrick and Christine Redfern also arrive. It
soon becomes apparent Patrick is having an affair with Arlena and Christine and
Kenneth both know about it. The next day Arelena goes alone to Pixie Cove.
Christine and Lionel go to Gull Cove. Patrick and the older Emily Brewster take
a rowboat around around the island. When they stop at Pixie cove they find
Arlena’s body. She had been strangled. Inspector Japp arrives and with Poirot
and Hastings begins investigating the murder. Christine suggests, based on an
overheard phone conversation that Arlena was being blackmailed, but this is
later disproved. Drug smugglers are arrested, but this has nothing to do with
the murder. Rev. Lane who is on the island came from the village where the
other murder occurred. Poirot tells what really happened. Christine set
Lionel’s watch ahead and then back. She left and went to Pixie cove. Arlena was
waiting to meet Patrick so when Christine arrived she hid in a cave. Christine
disguised her self to look like Arlena and pretended to be dead when Patrick
and Miss Brewster arrived. After Miss Brewster left to get help, Christine left
and Patrick killed Arlena. Rev. Lane identifies Patrick and Christine as the
ones involved in the Corrigan murder and they are arrested. Capt. Hastings
restaurant is shut down as it is discovered Poirot was actually a victim of
food poisoning.
Another superbly plotted mystery by Agatha Christie creates
a wonderful mystery film. There are plenty of red herrings thrown about, but
none of them deflect Poirot from the truth. All in all a very enjoyable
brainteaser of a mystery.
At 42:49, on the day after they arrive, Hastings references a telegram dated ‘three
days ago’. At 1:11:52 we see the telegram is dated August 12, meaning Hastings
reads it on the 15th, so the day they arrive is the 14th.
Producer – Brian Eastman
Director – Brian Farnham
Screenplay – Anthony Horowitz
Runtime – 1 hour 40 minutes
Released – April 20, 2001
Starring –
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Capt. Hastings
Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
Michael Higgs as Patrick Redfern
Tamzin Malleson as Christine Redfern
Louise Delamere as Arlena Stuart
Tim Meats as Stephen Lane
Carolyn Pickles as Emily Brewster
David Mallinson as Kenneth Marshall
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014
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