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If the book isn't published, Brewster will have to refund the publishing house the advanced royalties they paid to him and which he has already spent. There is also Brewster who has written a tell-all biography of Arlena but she refuses to sign the release for it since it reveals details about her real age, background and how sleeping around got her her big break on the stage. Furthermore, Arlena caused the Gardeners financial problems by walking out of a major play and is refusing to perform in another in which they have invested most of their money. Linda herself holds no love in turn for Arlena. Daphne herself has a long-standing and bitter rivalry with Arlena, going back to their days as chorus girls. She is very abusive towards her stepdaughter Linda and Kenneth himself turns increasingly towards Daphne, an old friend of his. Tension soon settles in on the island, much of it surrounding Arlena Marshall.

Patrick ( Nicholas Clay) and Christine Redfern ( Jane Birkin), a dashing, handsome young man and his mousy wife.

Odell (James Mason) and Myra Gardener (Sylvia Miles), New York theatrical producers.

Rex Brewster (Roddy McDowall), a writer and theatre critic (with the airs and pomposity of Noël Coward).

Linda Marshall (Emily Hone), Kenneth's teenage daughter from an earlier marriage.

Kenneth Marshall ( Denis Quilley), Arlena's husband.

Glamorous actress Arlena Stuart Marshall ( Diana Rigg).

It is now owned by Daphne Castle ( Maggie Smith), who received it from the King "for services rendered." Her guests include: The hotel in question is the former summer palace of the reigning King of Tyrania.

Rather than accompany Blatt on his yacht, Poirot travels by land since he can't stand prolonged sea journeys. Poirot agrees to go to the same island in order that they can confront the woman and enjoy a holiday of his own. He knows that the woman is due to go on holiday at an island which hosts an exclusive hotel. He got her to return it after she dumped him for another man. Blatt explains that he had an affair with a woman he met in New York and gave her the diamond which he had purchased for US$50,000 ($600,000 in 2008 dollars). Poirot meets Blatt who's not only surprised at the news of the fake, but expresses resentment that "that woman" could do this to him. Poirot notices it is a fake, confirming the opinion of appraisers working on behalf of the firm.

The victim's name is Alice Ruber but the police find no leads.īelgian detective Hercule Poirot ( Peter Ustinov) is called in by an insurance company and asked to check out a blue-hued diamond belonging to Sir Horace Blatt ( Colin Blakely), a millionaire industrialist. She has found the body of a woman who appears to have been strangled.

A hiker rushes into the local police station at the moors in Yorkshire.