<P> Ustinov made his second film appearance as Poirot, having previously played the Belgian detective in Death on the Nile (1978); Smith and Birkin also appeared in both films . Quilley and Blakely appeared in the earlier Brabourne - produced Murder on the Orient Express (1974). Guy Hamilton had previously directed another Agatha Christie film, The Mirror Crack'd, in 1980 . </P> <P> Costumes for the film were designed by Academy Award winner Anthony Powell . </P> <P> The film was shot at Lee International Studios in Wembley, London, and on location in Majorca, Spain . </P> <P> The actual island used for aerial shots is Sa Dragonera, an uninhabited islet with "natural park" status, located just off the west coast of Majorca near Sant Elm . Other locations used were Cala Blanca as Ladder Bay, and offshore at Sant Elm for the south of France (Sir Horace's boat scenes). Cala d'en Monjo was used for the exteriors of Daphne's Cove and Hotel; the hotel itself was a private estate later bought by the Island Council of Majorca (along with Ajuntament de Calvià - Municipal) to create a natural park, which was demolished to its foundations . Gull Cove is the remote Cala en Feliu on the Formentor Peninsula . The other hotel exterior shots were filmed at the Raixa Estate, a large Italian style villa surrounded by Pietro Lazzarini - designed gardens, located in Bunyola, north of Palma . Once owned by the German designer Jil Sander, it was subsequently purchased by the Island Council of Majorca . Finally, Poirot boards his boat to the island from Cala de Deià, the coastal area of the exclusive town . </P>

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