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Appointment with Death

Name: Appointment with Death
Director: Michael Winner
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Released: 1988
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie

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.

1988 · Directed by Michael Winner · 102 min · Thriller · Crime · Mystery · Drama · 10 frames

Tagline

An invitation to murder!

Crew

Screenplay: Anthony Shaffer, Peter Buckman, Michael Winner
Cinematography: David Gurfinkel, David Wynn-Jones
Edited by: Michael Winner
Music: Pino Donaggio
Production design: John Blezard
Produced by: Michael Winner

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

Production

Country: Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English
Studios: GG Studio, Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group
Budget: $6,000,000
Box office: $960,040
Themes: ship, based on novel or book, blackmail, cruise, private detective, murder mystery, trieste

More by Michael Winner

Death Wish — 1974
Death Wish II — 1982
The Sentinel — 1977
The Mechanic — 1972
Death Wish 3 — 1985
Chato's Land — 1972
The Stone Killer — 1973
Lawman — 1971
Scorpio — 1973

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