
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.
Cast

Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot

James Mason
Odell Gardener

Sylvia Miles
Myra Gardener

Roddy McDowall
Rex Brewster

Maggie Smith
Daphne Castle

Jane Birkin
Christine Redfern

Nicholas Clay
Patrick Redfern

Diana Rigg
Arlena Stuart Marshall

Denis Quilley
Kenneth Marshall

Colin Blakely
Horace Blatt
Emily Hone
Linda Marshall
Paul Antrim
Police Inspector
Cyril Conway
Police Surgeon

John Alderson
Police Sergeant

Richard Vernon
Flewitt

Dimitri Andreas
Gino

Robert Dorning
Concierge

Barbara Hicks
Flewitt's Secretary
Walter Henry
Waiter (uncredited)
Eric Kent
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Guy Standeven
Vicar on Train (uncredited)
Crew

Guy Hamilton
Director
Barry Sandler
Writer

Anthony Shaffer
Screenplay

Agatha Christie
Novel
Richard Marden
Editor
Roy Birchley
Assistant Editor
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography

Derek Cracknell
First Assistant Director

Andy Armstrong
Second Assistant Director
Barrie Melrose
Production Supervisor
John Brabourne
Producer
Richard Goodwin
Producer
Elliot Scott
Production Design
Robin Browne
Camera Operator
John Palmer
Camera Operator

Dyson Lovell
Casting
Rosemary Burrows
Wardrobe Supervisor

Anthony Powell
Costume Design
Ramon Gow
Hairdresser
Jill Carpenter
Makeup Artist
Nicholas Stevenson
Sound Editor
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
John Richards
Sound Recordist
Bill Rowe
Sound Recordist
John Lanchbery
Music Arranger

Cole Porter
Music
Peter Howitt
Set Decoration
Frank Walsh
Set Designer
Bob Penn
Still Photographer
Nobby Cross
Gaffer
Jim Brennan
Production Manager
Hugh Casson
Title Designer
Robert Ellis
Title Graphics
Alan Cassie
Art Direction



















