"Arlena and I were in the chorus of a show together, not that I could ever compete. Even in those days, she could always throw her legs up in the air higher than any of us... and wider."

"Nicholas Clay — Patrick Redfern"

"Sylvia Miles — Myra Gardener"

"Diana Rigg — Arlena Stuart Marshall"

"Evil is Everywhere. Even in Paradise."

"Linda, do stop standing there like a coughdrop and say good morning to Monsieur Poirot!"

"Don't believe all that about her being too weedy. Women fight like tigers when losing their husbands. Not that I've had much experience at that sort of thing myself."

"If I can't see you faces shining in every knife, fork and spoon, I'll have your guts for garters! Understood?"

"Peter Ustinov — Hercule Poirot"

"Mesdames, Mademoiselle, Messieurs — the reason I asked you to meet me here this morning — please, Monsieur — is that I, Hercule Poirot, have discovered the identity of the murderer of Madame Marshall. This need surprise no one. Are you all comfortable? Even the murderer?"

"Dear Monsieur Poirot, a word in your ear. The whole world knows that you are a man of enormous discretion and gallantry, a man not only privy to the secrets of kings and prime ministers, but also a man who would never willingly stand by and see a lady in trouble without rushing to her aid. I appeal to you now, as just such a frail woman, in need of help. In fact I throw myself on your mercy. Couldn't we make this a private investigation? You know how peculiar people can be about a spot of murder."

"Holidays can be murder."

"If it's fun you're looking for, darling, go play with the jellyfish."

"Maggie Smith — Daphne Castle"

"Roddy McDowall — Rex Brewster"

"Emily Hone — Linda Marshall"

"Richard Vernon — Mr. Flewitt"

"Monsieur Poirot, you have the French obsession — I'm sorry, Belgian obsession — with crime passionnel. But you're barking up the wrong tree."

"I could just kill that cow!"

"Have you ever met a Tyranian doctor, Monsieur Poirot? The limit of their skill is determining the fitness of an ox to pull a cart."

"If that's Arlena, she must be being dressed by Woolworths these days."

"Thank you for those three hours of sheer, and unadulterated hell! This may come as a nasty surprise to you but shock absorbers have been standardized equipment on motorized vehicles for thirty years!"

"She runs like a dromedary with dropsy."

"Yes, I have been swimming! There's nothing like the shock of cold water and rhythmic movement to stimulate the little grey cells."

"Look, I was wrong about cherchez la femme. Sorry about that, but it's quite obviously cherchez le fruit. Rex, see, is the only one unaccounted for."

"It is not me that is hiding, it is you who are lying!"

"While vacationing in the Greek Isles, famous detective Hercule Poirot spotted a beautiful woman on the beach. Realizing that she was dead, he did not ask her out to dinner."

"I myself timed the journey. But then I was not running like a young gazelle, for obvious reasons."

"Madame, there is nothing like a good night's rest to clear the little grey cells. Kindly ask all our friends to foregather in the lounge after they have finished their petit dejeuner, when all will be revealed."

"Fumihiko Ikeda as Colonel Yoshioka"

"Jade Go as Ar Mo"

"Fan Guang as Pujie (adult), Puyi's younger brother"

"Vivian Wu as Wenxiu"

"Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Chang"

"Lisa Lu as Empress Dowager Cixi"

"Dennis Dun as Big Li"

"Victor Wong as Chen Baochen"

"Ryuichi Sakamoto as Masahiko Amakasu"

"Anything Western was good. Especially Wrigley's chewing gum, Bayer aspirin, and cars."

"Maggie Han as Eastern Jewel (Yoshiko Kawashima)"

"This isn't a school; it's a prison. A real prison."

"After a few years, the tiny republic had become as corrupt as the old Empire. It fell quickly into the hands of ambitious generals and corrupt bureaucrats."

"Ying Ruocheng as Jin Yuan, the Detention Camp Governor"