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Appointment with Death

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Appointment with Death
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Original Theatrical Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing USA
Directed by Michael Winner
Release Date 1988
Studio Golan-Globus Productions
Distributor Cannon Group
Main Cast
Character Actor
Hercule Poirot Peter Ustinov
Lady Westholme Lauren Bacall
Emily Boynton Piper Laurie
Dr. Sarah King Jenny Seagrove
Colonel Carbury John Gielgud
Lennox Boynton Nicholas Guest
Nadine Boynton Carrie Fisher
Jefferson Cope David Soul


Appointment with Death is a 1988 screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, directed by Michael Winner and starring Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot (the sixth and last appearance of Ustinov as Poirot).


The following weapons were used in the film Appointment with Death:


Revolvers

Iver Johnson Top-Break Revolver

A nickel plated top-break revolver is used to assassinate Hassan, the only whitness of the death of Emily Boynton. It appears to be Iver Johnson.

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Iver Johnson - .32 S&W
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Sarah King (Jenny Seagrove) holds the revolver over the body of Hassan.
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She drops the gun.
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Poirot examines the revolver.
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The assassination in flashback scene. A close view of the revolver allows to identify it as Iver Johnson rather than Smith & Wesson 4th Model to which the gun also looks like.

Webley .455 Mk VI

Col. Carbury (John Gielgud), Capt. Rogers (Douglas Sheldon) and an officer in Jerusalem carry revolvers in typical holsters for Webley .455 Mk VI. The only revolver, seen out of holster, appears too briefly.

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Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley
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Col. Carbury carries holstered revovler. Small portion of the grip with lanyard ring can be seen.
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Capt. Rogers also carries holstered revovler.
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An officer fires his revolver in air to disperse the crowd.
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Col. Carbury's holster is open, and larger part of the grip can be seen.

Rifles and Muskets

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*

British soldiers are armed with Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles.

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Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British
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A soldier with SMLE rifle on sling stands next to an armoured car in the port of Jaffa.
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The barrel of No.1 Mk.III* rifle is seen at the background.
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Soldiers on guard at the entrance of British headquarters. Sword bayonets appear to be long Pattern 1907.
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Soldiers fire in air to disperse the crowd.
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Soldiers hold SMLE rifles.
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A soldier in prison carries No.1 Mk.III* rifle.

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* (mockup)

Some SMLE rifles appear to be mockups.

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The rifle at the left appears to be visually modified rifle of another model (the magazine bears resemblance with Mosin Nagant Rifle) or a mockup.

Jezail Musket

A pair of Jezail Muskets is used as a decoration in Col. Carbury's office.

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Jezail Musket
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Two Jezails are seen on the wall.

Machine Guns

Unidentified machine gun

A machine gun is mounted on the armoured car coaxial with main gun. The turret resembles the one of German Pz.II tank, so the machine gun could be MG34 Panzerlauf, and the main gun - 2 cm KwK 30.

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For comparison: MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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British armoured car in the port of Jaffa.
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The same armoured car is seen at the entrance of British headquarters in Jerusalem.

Trivia

Unknown armoured car is seen in several scenes. Its turret resembles the one of German Pz.II tank. The movie was filmed in Israel, so the armoured car is possibly some custom vehicle of early days of IDF.

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British armoured car in the port of Jaffa.
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The same armoured car is seen at the entrance of British headquarters in Jerusalem.