I have following collection of movies based on Agatha Christie
1. And there were none
2. Death on the Nile
3. Evil under the sun
4. Murder at Orient express
5. Murder by death
6. The mirror cracked
7. Thirteen at dinner
Out of above 7 last 3 are not up to the mark. First 4 have are superb.
Is Appointment with Death is worth to have in collection ??
I find this movie intensely enjoyable. I received Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun as a gift set, and I looked for more. I found Appointment with Death online and watched it (regrettably, I can't find it again). But I found it every bit as good as the others. The only con was that Maggie Smith wasn't in this one (She was in the other two).
shareThe first 2 Peter Ustinov Poirot films continue to rank at the top of my list. The 3 TV movies are fun, despite low budgets, being updated to the 1980s, and casting that makes it unfortunately TOO easy to figure out who the murderer is.
I saw APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH in a theater, thrilled to be seeing another feature film with Ustinov. Something was... "missing", however. Years later, a friend sent me a copy of it on tape, and I was shocked by HOW dissappointing I suddenly found it. It's actually gotten worse each time I've seen it. I've come to the conclusion that while it was a decent script, wonderful locations and a marvelous cast, that the directing & editing are unbearably inept and amatuerish.
This was a bit of a shock to me, not only as compared with the 2 previous feature films, but also with THE BIG SLEEP (1978), another of my all-time favorite films, which was ALSO directed by Michael Winner. I've read he has a long resume of "bad" films. Ah well. I guess he had one really GREAT film in him... and this wasn't it.
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Appointment with death is on the Paramount Vault Youtube channel.
My son is also named Bort
Sorry but there is Murder on the Orient Express and the 1957 Witness for the Prosecution.....then there is every other Christie film adaptation which are all bad and Appointment with Death is absolutely the worst.
shareI think it's quite good, it sticks reasonably closely to the original story, at any rate more so than the more recent David Suchet version.
shareWatched Appointment with death on youtube yesterday and it was nice movie. Certainly not like Death on Nile or Evil under the sun. But again location is awesome.
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