Appointment with Death

About Appointment with Death

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.

Appointment with Death is a 1988 crime mystery film directed by Michael Winner. Peter Ustinov stars as Hercule Poirot, Lauren Bacall as Lady Westholme, Carrie Fisher as Nadine Boynton, and John Gielgud as Colonel Carbury.

It runs 102 minutes and was released in April 1988. Written by Anthony Shaffer and Michael Winner. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under blackmail, murder mystery, private detective, and ship. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV in the United States. It scores 6.1 out of 10 from 196 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

The Poseidon Adventure, Death on the Nile, and Tetro make useful companions to Appointment with Death, all filed under cruise.