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.
ThrillerCrimeMysteryDramashipbased on novel or bookblackmailcruiseprivate detectivemurder mysterytrieste
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Peter UstinovHercule Poirot
- Lauren BacallLady Westholme
- Carrie FisherNadine Boynton
- John GielgudColonel Carbury
- Piper LaurieEmily Boynton
- Hayley MillsMiss Quinton
- Jenny SeagroveDr. Sarah King
- David SoulJefferson Cope
- Nicholas GuestLennox Boynton
- Valerie RichardsCarol Boynton
Crew
- Michael WinnerDirector
- Anthony ShafferScreenplay
- Peter BuckmanScreenplay
- Michael WinnerScreenplay
- Agatha ChristieNovel
- David GurfinkelDirector of Photography
- David Wynn-JonesDirector of Photography
- Pino DonaggioOriginal Music Composer
- Michael WinnerEditor
- Michael WinnerProducer
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