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| Associated Film Distribution (AFD) | Release Date: March 5, 1982 |
Starring:
Colin Blakely, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, James Mason, Jane Birkin, Maggie Smith, Nicholas Clay, Peter Ustinov, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles
Summary:
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
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Director Guy Hamilton's movie is rather more effective as an advertisement for Majorca than as a thriller, and the idea of Ustinov as Poirot remains more enticing than the reality, but you could do a lot worse. Think of it as a languid cocktail party with a terrific guest list. [22 Mar 1982, p.85]
Apart from cutting down the number of characters, Hamilton and scripter Anthony Shaffer have also had the audacity to switch things around in the inevitable denouement scene. Poirot points right away at the guilty party, while the true suspense is put into the how’s and why’s that follow.
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Though director Guy Hamilton has tried to make the Christie formula more cinematic by trimming the number of characters and streamlining the plot, the picture is still rather uninteresting. Only the performances, the lovely location, and some Cole Porter tunes make it worth watching.
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Sep 18, 2018
Though not the best Poirot movie out there, it is still a ton of fun. The all start cast featuring Maggie Smith, James Mason and of course Diana Rigg really make the film, and the murder is quite original.
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