Poirot (TV Series)
Evil Under the Sun (2001)
David Suchet: Hercule Poirot
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Quotes
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Hastings : But surely no one could think of murder in such a beautiful place.
Hercule Poirot : No, no, no, no, Hastings. It is romantic, yes. It is peaceful. The sun shines, the sea it is blue. But you forget, mon ami, that there is evil everywhere under the sun.
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Hercule Poirot : [upon hearing a doctor's diagnosis of his fainting at a social gathering] I demand at once a second opinion! Hercule Poirot, he is not obese!
Miss Lemon : 'Medically obese,' Mr. Poirot; it's not quite the same thing.
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Hastings : This must be that ladder down to Pixie Cove.
Hercule Poirot : Comment?
Hastings : Pixie Cove. It's what they call this beach.
Hercule Poirot : For me, Hastings, I call it too steep and too dangerous.
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Hercule Poirot : [while talking about the possible reasons for Arlena Stuart entering the cave] But then the question becomes why did Arlena Stuart enter the cave?
Hastings : Perhaps she was hiding from someone.
Hercule Poirot : Hastings... Once again you come up with an explanation that makes everything clear.
Chief Inspector Japp : Not to me it doesn't.
Hastings : You mean she was afraid of someone?
Hercule Poirot : I mean, Hastings, that there is evil on this island. And the murder that took place here was the work of a mind that was brilliant. But there is one thing the killer did not expect, eh - the mind of Hercule Poirot. En bien. It is now time for these two minds to meet, and the truth at last must come to light.
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Miss Lemon : [Poirot is on his way to Hastings' El Ranchero restaurant] You look very smart Mr Poirot.
Hercule Poirot : You think so Miss Lemon? It is true.
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Hercule Poirot : [as a waitress sets down his plate of roast beef and vegetables] Voila, Hastings! The little gray cells, they are the army of Napoleon.
Hastings : You mean they march on their stomach.