*Daphne Castle - a former professional rival of Arlena, who had fallen in love with the famous actress' husband, before he met the latter During his holiday there, Poirot eventually discovers that there are others who have a grudge against Arlena: Sir Horace reveals that Arlena and her new husband plan to visit Daphne's Island, an Adriatic Sea island resort owned by former showgirl Daphne Castle. After receiving the diamond, she eventually dumped him and married another. Poirot's investigation leads him to millionaire Sir Horace Blatt, who had originally given the diamond to his former lover - stage actress Arlena Stuart Marshall. The story jumps to London, where Poirot is asked to investigate the circumstances of a millionaire's diamond that turned out to be fake. The movie begins with an unidentified female hiker reporting her discovery of a murdered woman named Alice Ruber on the Yorkshire moors. Produced by John Bradbourne and Richard Goodwin, and directed by Guy Hamilton this "EVIL UNDER THE SUN" is basically about Belgian-born detective Hercule Poirot's investigation into the murder of a famous English stage star, while on holiday in the Adriatic Sea. But for some reason, any deep interest in the novel's plot failed to grab me. I really tried to accept this opinion, knowing that it was a popular favorite of many Christie fans. For many years, I tried to pretend that Agatha Christie's 1941 novel, "Evil Under the Sun" was a personal favorite of mine.
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