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Appointment with Death
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Peter Buckman (screenplay)
Agatha Christie (novel)
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15 July 1988 (Sweden) more
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Emily Boynton, step-mother to the three Boynton children and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
Douglas Sheldon ... Captain Rogers
Michael Sarne ... Healey (as Mike Sarne)
Michael Craig ... Lord Peel
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Germany:96 min | USA:102 min | UK:108 min
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John Gielgud thought his role was very boring. more
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Mrs. Emily Boynton: I never forget anything: not a name, not a face, not an action. more
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Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998) more

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Agatha Christie's novel., 10 July 2001

Peter Ustinov investigates into the murder of a rich heir during a cruise with the children of his deceased husband. Peter Ustinov lends once more his mockery and his gentleness in acute Hercule Poirot in this pleasant adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel.

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