
Evil Under the Sun
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- Year:
- 1982
- 117 min
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(4.50 / 2 votes)Please, please,
you must come quick.
out on the moors.
It's alright, miss.
No need for you to take another look.
Ruber.
Alice. Mrs.
I'd say she's been dead
for no more than two hours.
Say four o'clock at the outside
for time of death.
Hercules Parrot, sir.
Poirot, mademoiselle.
Pucker your lips as though
about to bestow a kiss! Poi-rot.
Morning, Poirot.
I hope you have good news.
This case has been hanging fire
for four months.
No, I'm afraid
it's one of those rare cases
where an insurance company must, er...
...laugh and lump it.
Very well.
The usual 100 guineas, I take it?
By the way, Poirot...
Take a look at this.
It is the property
of Sir Horace Blatt.
with us for 50,000.
Well, on the face of it,
it seems to be worth every penny of...
...38 pounds, seven
shillings and sixpence.
You are of course quite right.
It is paste.
The question is why should
a millionaire industrialist
perpetrate such an obvious fraud?
Precisely. He must have known
So you see,
there is something of a mystery.
Rest assured, with Hercule Poirot,
mysteries never last for long.
Exactly. We were wondering if you would
undertake to investigate the matter.
You know that you can count on
my discretion.
Very well, I will see Sir Horace...
this afternoon.
Hardly this afternoon, I think.
He's on his yacht, the Jolly Roger,
in the south of France.
Would a further 200 meet the case?
Guineas.
It will make my forthcoming holidays
even more attractive.
So that's your game, is it?
You come out here and as near as dammit
accuse me, Horace Blatt, of fraud?
Do you seriously think
that I'd cheat the insurance company
over one bloody jewel?
I am worth millions, Poirot.
Nevertheless, I'm afraid
it's quite worthless, monsieur.
God, I could wring her bloody neck!
If you would care to confide in me,
I should be most honoured.
Alright, I'll tell you this much.
I met a certain lady in New York.
She told me she was
so madly in love with me
that she'd leave the show she was in...
She was an actress, you know.
...and come back to England with me
on the Queen Mary and marry me.
So I bought her this stone
from Tiffany's.
Halfway across the Atlantic, she changed
her mind and ran off with another man.
I wouldn't have minded,
only she took the jewel with her.
That wasn't a fair do.
You see, I had given her it
in contemplation of marriage.
And, frankly,
$100,000 is a bit much to pay
for three days' fumbling
on the high seas.
Oh, monsieur, who can put a price on
les affaires de coeur?
I bloody can.
And this was too high.
I went after her and demanded it back.
Of course she tried to put me off, but
after a week or so she gave it to me
and I sent it along to be insured and...
She'd had the bloody thing copied,
hadn't she?
the only explanation, monsieur.
Well, she's not gonna make
a chump out of me.
I happen to know that in three days'
time she'll be down at Daphne's place
for a little holiday.
I'll give her a little holiday!
Daphne's place?
Yes, you know, Daphne Castle.
She was a mistress of
the King of Tyrania for years,
then when he upped and married
the present queen
he gave Daphne
an old summer palace to keep her quiet.
She's turned it into one of those
exclusive la-di-da hotels
where the nobs and nancies
come to squawk at each other.
I can't stand it meself,
but she's good sort.
Anyway, you'd better come with me.
We can sail tonight.
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