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| Director: | Michael Winner | 
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| Writer: | Michael Winner, Peter Buckman, Agatha Christie, Anthony Shaffer | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 15, 1988 | 
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| Director: | Michael Winner | 
| Writer: | Michael Winner, Peter Buckman, Agatha Christie, Anthony Shaffer | 
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 
| Keywords | based on novel or book, blackmail, cruise, ship, private detective, murder mystery, trieste | 
| Production Companies | The Cannon Group, GG Studio, Golan-Globus Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $960,040 Budget: $6,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| John Terlesky | Raymond Boynton | 
| Amber Bezer | Ginevra Boynton | 
| Douglas Sheldon | Captain Rogers | 
| Michael Sarne | Healey | 
| Michael Craig | Lord Peel | 
| Mohammed Hirzalla | Hassan | 
| Rudy Ruggiero | Tourist Guide | 
| Dan Muggia | Italian Policeman | 
| Lutuf Nouasser | Boynton Driver | 
| Babi Neeman | Arab Vendor | 
| Rupert Horrox | British Official | 
| Hugh Brophy | British Official at Ball | 
| Marcel Solomon | Ship's Captain | 
| Aliza Ben-Moha | Woman | 
| Iyad Hajjaj | Holyland Native | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Michael Winner | Screenplay, Director, Editor | 
| Pino Donaggio | Original Music Composer | 
| David Gurfinkel | Director of Photography | 
| Avishay Avivi | Art Direction | 
| Peter Buckman | Screenplay | 
| Avraham Leibman | Gaffer | 
| Itzik Kol | Production Supervisor | 
| Miri Sformes | Third Assistant Director | 
| Shlomo Zafrir | Set Decoration | 
| Arthur Wicks | Property Master | 
| John Bloomfield | Costume Design | 
| David Wynn-Jones | Second Unit Director of Photography, Director of Photography | 
| Shauli Gorodeski | Second Assistant Director | 
| Alan Cassie | Set Decoration | 
| Alfred Gershoni | Construction Manager | 
| Peter Russell | Draughtsman | 
| Yossi Yarkoni | Boom Operator | 
| Uri Steinmetz | Clapper Loader | 
| Edna Rosen | Production Coordinator | 
| Brian Lintern | Music Editor | 
| Shuli Silberberg | Wardrobe Coordinator | 
| Anna Bargiel | Wardrobe Assistant | 
| Talia Natanzon | Wardrobe Assistant | 
| Matti Halchmi | Assistant Makeup Artist | 
| Dana Fogach | Assistant Makeup Artist | 
| Tamy Levy | Hairstylist | 
| Vered Sapir-Fragman | Production Secretary | 
| Maya Tavi | Casting | 
| Daniel Schneor | Second Unit Director of Photography | 
| Gadi Danzig | Steadicam Operator | 
| John Blezard | Production Design | 
| David Varod | Construction Coordinator | 
| Stanley B. Gill | Sound Recordist | 
| Asher Gat | Production Manager | 
| Rafi Zabar | Third Assistant Director | 
| Bill Surridge | Construction Manager | 
| Anat Avivi | Assistant Property Master | 
| Eli Yarkoni | Sound Recordist | 
| Micky Binyamini | Focus Puller | 
| Naomi Kol | Production Accountant | 
| Lionel Selwyn | Sound Editor | 
| Ora Stikovski | Assistant Costume Designer | 
| Ayelet Chen | Wardrobe Assistant | 
| Judith Ben-Yod | Wardrobe Assistant | 
| Pat Hay | Makeup Artist | 
| Debby Kleider | Assistant Makeup Artist | 
| Paula Gillespie | Hairstylist | 
| Cheryl Leigh | Continuity | 
| Yoni Hamenachem | Still Photographer | 
| Muki Ben-Hamo | Transportation Captain | 
| Jakob Kalusky | Choreographer | 
| Miguel Markin | Assistant Set Decoration | 
| Rami Siman-Tov | Clapper Loader | 
| Tony Lenny | Sound Editor | 
| Stephen Barker | Post Production Supervisor | 
| Blondine Mille | Wardrobe Assistant | 
| Laura Dinolesko | Wardrobe Assistant | 
| Yvonne Coppard | Makeup Artist | 
| Charles Biderman | Assistant Makeup Artist | 
| Stephanie Kaye | Hairstylist | 
| Esty Braminsky | Assistant Hairstylist | 
| Rafi Laadan | Production Assistant | 
| Shimon Sabach | Key Grip | 
| Dyson Lovell | Casting | 
| Agatha Christie | Novel | 
| Anthony Shaffer | Screenplay | 
| Marcia Gay | Second Assistant Director | 
| David Old | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Giancarlo Ferrando | Second Unit Director of Photography | 
| Danny ben Menahem | Location Coordinator | 
| Chris Carreras | First Assistant Director | 
| Natale Massara | Conductor | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Michael Winner | Producer | 
| Mati Raz | Associate Producer | 
| Yoram Globus | Executive Producer | 
| Menahem Golan | Executive Producer | 
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 
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| 2024 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 
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| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2025 | 8 | 920 | 958 |