
Evil Under the Sun(1982)
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.


Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.

Raymond Burr
Perry Mason

Barbara Hale
Della Street

William R. Moses
Ken Malansky

Teresa Wright
Helene Berman

Yvette Mimieux
Danielle Altmann

Ian Bannen
Otto Rosen

Ian McShane
Andre Marchand

Terry O'Quinn
Curt Mitchell

Marcy Walker
Marie Ramsey

Paul Freeman
Carl Meyerhoff
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception is a mystery, drama, crime, tv movie film released in 1990 exploring themes of based on novel or book, detective, murder, courtroom, perry mason. Directed by Christian I. Nyby II, it stars Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses. Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
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