
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.


In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot

Tony Curtis
Charles Cartwright

Emma Samms
Egg

Jonathan Cecil
Capt. Arthur Hastings

Fernando Allende
Ricardo Montoya

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Col. Mateo

Lisa Eichhorn
Cynthia Dayton

Dana Elcar
Dr. Strange

Frances Lee McCain
Miss Milray

Marian Mercer
Daisy Eastman
Murder in Three Acts is a crime, drama, mystery film released in 1986 exploring themes of based on novel or book, detective, murder, murder mystery, whodunnit. Directed by Gary Nelson, it stars Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms. In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
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