
Evil Under the Sun(1982)
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.


“An invitation to murder!”
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. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.

Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot

Lauren Bacall
Lady Westholme

Carrie Fisher
Nadine Boynton

John Gielgud
Colonel Carbury

Piper Laurie
Emily Boynton

Hayley Mills
Miss Quinton

Jenny Seagrove
Dr. Sarah King

David Soul
Jefferson Cope

Nicholas Guest
Lennox Boynton
Valerie Richards
Carol Boynton
Appointment with Death is a thriller, crime, mystery, drama film released in 1988 exploring themes of ship, based on novel or book, blackmail, cruise, private detective, murder mystery. Directed by Michael Winner, it stars Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher. 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. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.
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