Appointment With Death

Revealing mistake: When Dr. King checks on Mrs. Boynton, the dead woman opens her eyes by her own volition before her head rolls back. (00:45:00)

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Revealing mistake: In the close-up of the killer's revolver firing, the revolver is...clearly not firing. It's just the sound dubbed in, but there's no flash or discharge of any kind. (01:33:10)

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Revealing mistake: When Poirot reads the newspaper detailing Lady Westholme's death, the font and the clarity of the print on the article stick out from the rest of the page like a sore thumb. (01:38:30)

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Factual error: Right after the movie shows us a sign telling us that we are in NJ in 1937, here you have Ginevra Boynton reading the March 1938 issue of Daring Detective, which even plays a larger role in the story later. (00:00:35)

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Hercule Poirot: People like to talk, and in doing so they tell the truth. It puts less of a strain on the memory.

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