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Agatha Christie novels and short stories on film
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- DirectorJulius HagenLeslie S. HiscottStarsStewart RomeTrilby ClarkUrsula JeansA doctor proves his wife's first husband was killed by a neighbour posing as a tramp.Based on the short story that first appeared in the March 1924 edition of ‘Grand Magazine’.
It was later included in the collection ‘The Mysterious Mr Quin’ (1930) under the title The Coming of Mr Quin. - DirectorFred SauerStarsCarlo AldiniEve GrayEberhard LeithoffBased on Agatha Christie's "The Secret Adversary," a young couple looking for adventure become involved in the mystery of a missing woman and an espionage ring.Based on the novel ‘The Secret Adversary’ (1922) that introduced the characters of Tommy and Tuppence.
- StarsFrancesca AnnisJames WarwickReece DinsdaleAgatha Christie's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries.James Warwick and Francesca Annis played Tommy and Tuppence in the 1983 version of ‘The Secret Adversary’.
- StarsJessica RaineDavid WalliamsJames FleetAgatha Christie's crime-fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950s Britain.David Walliams and Jessica Raine played Tommy and Tuppence in the 2015 version of ‘The Secret Adversary’.
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsAustin TrevorFranklin DyallElizabeth AllanBelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.Based on the novel ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ (1926) and the play ‘Alibi’ (1928) with Charles Laughton as Hercule Poirot, adapted by Michael Morton.
The film starred Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot - StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonHercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in the 2000 adaptation of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsAustin TrevorAdrianne AllenRichard CooperA famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is killed during a house party, and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.Based on the 1930 play (with Francis L. Sullivan as Hercule Poirot).
The film starred Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot - DirectorClaus Peter WittStarsHorst BollmannErnst Fritz FürbringerJochen SostmannGerman adaptation of Agatha Christie's stage play "Black Coffee".Horst Bollman as Hercule Poirot
- DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsAustin TrevorJane CarrRichard CooperA talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?Based on the novel (1933).
Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot - DirectorLou AntonioStarsPeter UstinovFaye DunawayDavid SuchetAn American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered. The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case.Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot in 1985 tv version of ‘Lord Edgware Dies’
David Suchet as Chief Inspector Japp. - StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonHercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in the 2000 adaptation of ‘Lord Edgware Dies’.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsAnn HardingBasil RathboneBinnie HaleA lottery winner breaks up with her fiancé and marries a fortune hunter who proves to be dangerous.Based on the short story ‘Philomel Cottage’ (written by Christie and published in The Grand Magazine in November 1924) and the 1936 play ‘Love from a Stranger’ (based on the Christie story) by Frank Vosper.
- StarsEdna BestBernard LeeEileen SharpA suave ladies man sweeps a working class girl, who has won a lottery, off her feet. She does not yet realize that he is a serial murderer.A BBC ‘live’ television production starring Edna Best and Bernard Lee.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsJohn HodiakSylvia SidneyAnn RichardsA newly married woman begins to suspect that her husband is a killer. Even worse, she soon comes to believe that she will be his next victim.
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsJoy HaringtonElisabeth KirkbySam LysonsA suave ladies man sweeps a working class girl, who has won the lottery, off her feet.She doesn't yet realize that he is a serial killer.A BBC ‘live’ television production starring Joy Harrington and Henry Oscar.
- DirectorWilm ten HaafStarsElfriede KuzmanyFritz TillmannAnne KerstenLove from a Stranger (German tv production)
- StarsD.A. Clarke-SmithAntoinette CellierGreer GarsonScenes taken from popular London theatrical productions.A BBC ‘live’ television production (broadcast 18 June 1937) starring Francis L. Sullivan as Hercule Poirot.
Based on the short story ‘Wasp’s Nest’ first published in the Daily Mail 20 November 1928. - StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonHercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in the 1991 adaptation of ‘Wasp’s Nest’.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsBarry FitzgeraldWalter HustonLouis HaywardSeven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.Based on the 1939 novel and 1943 play by Christie.
- DirectorKevin SheldonStarsDouglas HurnElizabeth MaudeArthur WontnerTen people are invited to a summer party on an island oft the Devon coast. They are an extremely varied group from a blustering major to a frigid spinster. The only thing they have in common is that they were each involved in a case of unexpected death. They soon find something very odd about their invitations, and then they start to die, one by one. But who is the murderer and where is he hiding.A BBC ‘live’ television production
- StarsDerek FrancisAlfred BurkeArthur HewlettAn anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.This version of “And Then There Were None” like the BBC 1949 production was broadcast under its original title.
- DirectorPaul BogartPhilip F. FalconeLeo FarrenkopfStarsNina FochBarry JonesRomney BrentAgatha Christie mystery in which one of ten suspects in an isolated island mansion is a killer. Who is It?An NBC ‘live’ television production
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsHugh O'BrianShirley EatonFabianTen people are invited to a luxury mountaintop mansion, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsOliver ReedElke SommerRichard AttenboroughTen people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
- DirectorAlan BirkinshawStarsDonald PleasenceBrenda VaccaroFrank StalloneTen people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?