Filming Locations
The film was shot at Lee International Studios in Wembley, London, and on location in Majorca, Spain. The actual island used was Sa Dragonera, but only for aerial shots. The locations used were the Formentor Beach (39°55′38.6796″N 003°08′22.254″E / 39.927411°N 3.139515°E / 39.927411; 3.139515) for the South of France (Sir Horace's boat), and Cala d'en Monjo (39°31′44.7168″N 002°25′50.4948″E / 39.529088°N 2.430693°E / 39.529088; 2.430693) for Daphne's Cove and Hotel. (The hotel was a private estate owned by a German, but was subsequently bought by Majorca Council and demolished to its foundations, which can still be seen today). Gull Cove was a cove on the Formentor Peninsula (Cala en Feliu) (39°55′48.40″N 003°09′48.23″E / 39.930111°N 3.1633972°E / 39.930111; 3.1633972). The other hotel exterior shots were filmed at the Raixa Estate (39°40′50.9628″N 002°40′22.2528″E / 39.680823°N 2.672848°E / 39.680823; 2.672848) north of Palma. Finally Poirot boards his boat to the Island from Deiá. The locations were well stitched together to give the appearance of a few locations near each other on a small island, when in reality they are spread across Majorca. It made full use of its location to adequately convey the intricacies of Christie's plot, in which the hotel guests all appear to be at different parts of the island at the time of the murder.
The scenes of the finding of the murdered hiker on moors at the beginning of the film were shot in the Yorkshire Dales, England, with the exterior of the Police Station being the former Literary Institute in Muker, Swaledale.
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