Appointment with Death (film)
| Appointment with Death | |
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| Directed by | Michael Winner |
| Screenplay by | Michael Winner Anthony Shaffer Peter Buckman |
| Based on | Appointment with Death (1938 novel) by Agatha Christie |
| Produced by | Michael Winner Menahem Golan Yoram Globus |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David Gurfinkel |
| Edited by | Arnold Crust Jr. (Michael Winner) |
| Music by | Pino Donaggio |
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| Distributed by | Cannon Film Distributors |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $960,040 |
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 latter writing the script ten years earlier.
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.