En cherchant à découvrir pourquoi un millionnaire s'est retrouvé avec un faux diamant, Hercule Poirot débarque dans un hôtel exclusif sur une île fréquentée par le gratin de la société. Lors... Tout lireEn cherchant à découvrir pourquoi un millionnaire s'est retrouvé avec un faux diamant, Hercule Poirot débarque dans un hôtel exclusif sur une île fréquentée par le gratin de la société. Lorsqu'un meurtre est commis, tout le monde a un alibi.En cherchant à découvrir pourquoi un millionnaire s'est retrouvé avec un faux diamant, Hercule Poirot débarque dans un hôtel exclusif sur une île fréquentée par le gratin de la société. Lorsqu'un meurtre est commis, tout le monde a un alibi.
- Prix
- 1 nomination au total
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesSir Peter Ustinov designed the bathing suit he wore in this movie.
- GaffesIn the film, Patrick Redfern was wearing swim briefs ("Speedos") on many occasions (suntanning on the beach, steering a motorboat with Myra Gardener on board), and it is suggested that, since the film was set in the 1930s or 1940s, that the male "overall" swimsuit was "norm", and the "Speedo" type suit was an anachronism. This is not true; by 1936 (after the Olympics) men started wearing one piece and much tighter fitting "Speedo" suits. The film is probably set before 1939 (the book was written in 1941), and by this time, fashionable and daring men would have worn this type of swimsuit, particularly to secluded getaways, such as the setting for the movie.
- Citations
Arlena Stuart Marshall: Oh, dear! I'm the last to arrive.
Daphne Castle: Have a sausage. You must be starving having to wait all that time in your room.
- Générique farfeluThe opening credits feature watercolors by British architect and artist, Sir Hugh Casson, who taught King Charles III to paint. The titles for each actor feature an item of costume, prop or setting relevant to their character and those for the production team are similarly themed.
- Autres versionsThe BBC have edited two scenes from the film for broadcast. The first is the scene where Arlena Marshall is discussing the proposed show with the Gardners, after Odell tells her that it is called "It's Not Right, and It's Not Fair", Arlena's next line, "Sounds like a black man's left leg" has been cut. The second is in the scene where Kenneth Marshall reveals to his wife that he knows she booked Patrick Redfern into the hotel. Her response, "The bitch Daphne!", is also cut.
There isn't one bad performance among the cast, several of whom have appeared before in at least one other Poirot story. Maggie Smith and Jane Birkin in Evil Under The Sun; Dennis Quilley and Colin Blakely in Murder On The Orient Express. Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith almost steal the show as two women who smile sweetly at each other as they spit venom! But every bit as good are Blakely, Quilley, Mason, McDowall and the rest. And while all this is going on, the soundtrack is solid gold Cole Porter, which has been orchestrated perfectly to fit the story.
This movie is pure fun. Make yourself comfortable, suspend disbelief and allow yourself to be transported to another era and location for a couple of hours of enjoyment.
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- 6 mai 2002
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Détails
- Date de sortie
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Meurtre au soleil
- Lieux de tournage
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Box-office
- Budget
- 10 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 6 110 000 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 1 690 774 $ US
- 7 mars 1982
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 6 110 804 $ US