05 Mar 1982
Evil Under the Sun
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.
Bony
Bony, a great-great-grandson of legendary part-Aboriginal detective Napoleon Bonaparte. Albert Harris had been a teenager when he knew Napolean; decades later, as a tribal elder, he had tracked and rescued Napoleon's descendant from the desert, after Bony's parents had tragically perished. 'Uncle' Albert taught the young white boy the ways of the desert. Now in 1990, Albert stands beside the 22-year-old Bony as he is inducted into the Northern Police Force. Bony is sent to Woongala. His first case concerns Angela Hemming, the young American wife of the district's most influential landowner. She claims that a Ned Bowen had attempted to rape her, but that she hadn't pressed charges on the condition he left town. Non of this rings true to Bony and he begins to investigate.
Top Billed Cast
Cameron Daddo David "Bony" Bonaparte
Catherine Oxenberg Angela Hemmings
Burnham Burnham Uncle Albert
Jackie Kelleher Enid Bonaparte
Don Bridges Chilla
Mandy Bowden Bev Mills
David Reyne Geoff Hemmings
Tom Richards Sgt. Frank Carter
Davini Malcolm Kate Carter (as Linda McConchie)
James Condon Tom Hemmings
Andrew Ferguson Bony (9 years old)
Malcolm Robertson George Sexton
Ian Williams Ned Bowen
Peter Hosking Sgt. Dobbs
James Patrick Constable Gluth
Alison Whyte Gina
Marie-Therese Byrne Sonia
Graham Dow Mr. Fitch
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