Appointment with Death
1988 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Emily Boynton, step-mother to the three Boynton children and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband which would have freed the childern from her dominating influence. She takes herself and the children on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, Hercule Poirot meets up with a woman friend, Dr. King who falls in love with Raymond Boynton to Emily's disapproval. Lady Westholme, her secretary and Cope are following them too. The children discover about the second will and Emily succeeds in rubbing the rest up the wrong way causing much hatred towards her. At a dig, everybody wonders about the camp and Emily is found dead poisoned. Poirot investigates...
Direction Michael Winner
Cast Peter Ustinov · Lauren Bacall · Carrie Fisher · John Gielgud · Piper Laurie · David Soul · Hayley Mills · Nicholas Guest · Jenny Seagrove · Douglas Sheldon · John Terlesky · Dan Muggia · Michael Craig · Michael Sarne · Rudy Ruggiero
Soundtrack Pino Donaggio
Screenplay Anthony Shaffer · Michael Winner · Peter Buckman · Agatha Christie
Cinematography David Gurfinkel
Original title Appointment with Death
5.6
828 votes (FilmAffinity)
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