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.












15th April 1988
38 years ago
1 hour 42 minutes
Finishes at 1:38am
$6,000,000 ($16,911,000 today)
Revenue $960,040



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