Appointment with Death
An invitation to murder!
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4/15/1988Runtime
102 minsOverview
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.
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EnglishBudget
$6,000,000Revenue
$960,040Homepage
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A taut Agatha Christie mystery where a tyrannical matriarch's demise during a European holiday unravels a tangled web of family secrets and deceptions. Poirot methodically sifts through motives, relationships, and hidden resentments to uncover who wanted her dead.
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Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot
Lauren Bacall
Lady Westholme
Carrie Fisher
Nadine Boynton
John Gielgud
Colonel Carbury
Piper Laurie
Emily Boynton
Hayley Mills
Miss Quinton
Jenny Seagrove
Dr. Sarah King
David Soul
Jefferson Cope
Nicholas Guest
Lennox Boynton
Valerie Richards
Carol Boynton
John Terlesky
Raymond Boynton
Amber Bezer
Ginevra Boynton
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