Movie
Appointment with Death
Overview
Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-04-15
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- GG Studio, Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group
- Country
- Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
- Lauren Bacall as Lady Westholme
- Carrie Fisher as Nadine Boynton
- John Gielgud as Colonel Carbury
- Piper Laurie as Emily Boynton
- Hayley Mills as Miss Quinton
- Jenny Seagrove as Dr. Sarah King
- David Soul as Jefferson Cope
- Nicholas Guest as Lennox Boynton
- Valerie Richards as Carol Boynton
- John Terlesky as Raymond Boynton
- Amber Bezer as Ginevra Boynton
Crew
- Michael Winner - Director
- Anthony Shaffer - Screenplay
- Michael Winner - Screenplay
- Peter Buckman - Screenplay
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