Appointment with Death (film)

Appointment with Death
Original cinema poster
Directed byMichael Winner
Screenplay byMichael Winner
Anthony Shaffer
Peter Buckman
Based onAppointment with Death
(1938 novel)
by Agatha Christie
Produced byMichael Winner
Menahem Golan
Yoram Globus
Starring
CinematographyDavid Gurfinkel
Edited byArnold Crust Jr. (Michael Winner)
Music byPino Donaggio
Production
company
Distributed byCannon Film Distributors
Release date
  • 15 April 1988 (1988-04-15) (US)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[1]
Box office$960,040[2]

Appointment with Death is a 1988 American mystery film and sequel produced and directed by Michael Winner. Made by Golan-Globus Productions, the film is an adaptation of the 1938 Agatha Christie novel Appointment with Death featuring the detective Hercule Poirot. The screenplay was co-written by Winner, Peter Buckman, and Anthony Shaffer.

The film stars Peter Ustinov as Poirot, along with Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove and David Soul. It is a follow-up to numerous other theatrical and made-for-television adaptions starring Ustinov, as well as 1974's Murder On The Orient Express.

It marks Ustinov's final portrayal of Hercule Poirot.

  1. ^ Klady, Leonard. "Box Office Champs, Chumps: The hero of the bottom line was the 46-year-old 'Bambi'". Los Angeles Times. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Appointment with Death". Box Office Mojo.