Appointment with Death

Jerusalem. Midday heat. A fly buzzing. The Boynton family, in thrall to their monstrous stepmother, arrive in the Holy Land with a secret. When the old woman turns up dead at an archeological dig, a certain Belgian detective arrives to sift through the suspects. Peter Ustinov's final turn as Poirot, directed with maximum cheese by Michael Winner.

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Michael Winner directed Appointment with Death in 1988. See Michael Winner's full filmography, where to start with Michael Winner, or where to go after you've seen everything by Michael Winner.

Appointment with Death was released in 1988 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.