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Appointment With Death

Play trailer Poster for Appointment With Death PG,  1988,  1h 42m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), solves a 1937 murder in the Holy Land.

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Dec 21, 2025
2/5
…for a Michael Winner film, this Agatha Christie adaptation is remarkably cogent and well-assembled, but judged by the standards of any normal film, Appointment with Death is utterly deathly…. feel free to skip this appointment. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Jun 21, 2022
I can't outright dismiss a movie in which Piper Laurie has the tremendous luxury of dying six times in a row. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Nov 22, 2006
3/5
Winner has never quite maintained a consistent quality, though he certainly has maintained a consistency of style -- and that makes this both interesting and wrongheaded. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Oct 30, 2005
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Michael Winner

Director

Peter Ustinov

Hercule Poirot

Lauren Bacall

Lady Westholme

Carrie Fisher

Nadine Boynton

John Gielgud

Colonel Carbury

Piper Laurie

Emily Boynton

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Appointment With Death

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Movie Info

Synopsis Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), solves a 1937 murder in the Holy Land.
Director
Michael Winner
Producer
Michael Winner
Screenwriter
Anthony Shaffer, Peter Buckman, Michael Winner
Production Co
The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 31, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$603.6K
Runtime
1h 42m
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