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Film & TV Dramas
1928
- The Passing of Mr. Quinn (UK)
- Silent, B&W, based on 'The Coming of Mr. Quin'
- director Julius Hagen
- writer Leslie S. Hiscott
- cast Clifford Heatherley(Prof. Appleby), Trilby Clark(Eleanor Appleby), Stewart Rome(Dr. Alec Portal), Vivian Baron(Derek Cappel), Ursula Jeans(Vera)
- director Julius Hagen
1929
- Die Abenteuer G.m.b.H. (DE)
- Silent, based on "The Secret Adversary"
- director Fred Sauer
- writer Jane Bess
- cast Carlo Aldini, Eve Gray, Michael Rusmny
- director Fred Sauer
1931
- Alibi (UK)
- B/W, based on "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"
- director Leslie S.Hiscott
- writer H. Fowler Mear
- cast Austin Trevor(Poirot), Elizabeth Allan, Clare Greet, Franklin Dyall
- director Leslie S.Hiscott
- Black Coffee (UK)
- B/W, based on "Black Coffee"
- director Leslie S.Hiscott
- writer Brock Williams, H. Fowler Mear
- cast Austin Trevor(Poirot), Adrianne Allen, Richard Cooper(Hastings), Melville Cooper(Japp), C.V.France
- director Leslie S.Hiscott
1932
- Le Coffret de laque (FR)
- based on "Black Coffee"
- director Jean Kemm
- writer Pierre Maudru, H. Fowler Mear, Brock Williams
- cast Danielle Darrieux, René Alexandre, Harry Arbell, Maxime Desjardins, Gaston Dupray, Alice Field, Maurice Varny, Marcel Vibert
- director Jean Kemm
1934
- Lord Edgware Dies (UK)
- B/W, based on "Lord Edgware Dies"
- director Henry Edwards
- writer H. Fowler Mear
- cast Austin Trevor(Poirot), Jane Carr, Richard Cooper, John Turnbull
- director Henry Edwards
1937
- Love from a Stranger (USA)
- B/W, based on 'Philomel Cottage'
- director Rowland V. Lee
- writer Frances Marion
- cast Ann Harding(Carol Howard), Basil Rathbone(Gerald Lovell), Binnie Hale(Kate Meadows), Bruce Seton(Ronald Bruce), Jean Cadell(Aunt Lou), Bryan Powley(Doctro Gribble), Joan Hickson(Emmy), Donald Calthrop(Hobson), Eugene Leahy(Mr. Tuttle)
- director Rowland V. Lee
1945
- And Then There were None (USA)
- B/W, based on "And Then There were None"
- director Rene Clair
- writer Rene Clair, Dudley Nichols
- cast Walter Huston(Dr. Armstrong), Barry Fitzgerald(Judge Quincannon), Louis Hayward(Philip Lombard), Roland Young(Detective Blore), June Duprez(Vera Claythorne), C. Aubrey Smith(General Sir John Mandrake), Judith Anderson(Emily Brent), Mischa Auer(Prince Nikki Starloff), Richard Haydn(Rogers, the butler), Queenie Leonard(Mrs. Rogers)
- director Rene Clair
1947
- Love from a Stranger (USA)
- B/W, based on 'Philomel Cottage'
- director Richrd Whorf
- writer Philip MacDonald
- cast John Hodiak(Manuel Cortez), Sylvia Sidney(Cecily Harrington), Ann Richards(Mavia), John Howard(Nigel Lawrence), Isobel Elsom(Auntie Loo-Loo), Ernest Cossart(Billings), Anita Sharp-Bolster(Ethel, the maid), Philip Tonge(Dr. Gribble), Frederick Worlock(Insp. Hobday)
- director Richrd Whorf
1957
- Witness for the Prosecution (USA)
- based on "Witness for the Prosecution"
- director Billy Wilder
- writer Billy Wilder, Harry Kurniz, Larry Marcus
- cast Tyrone Power(Leonard Vole), Marlene Dietrich(Christine Vole), Charles Laughton(Sir Wilfrid Robarts), Elsa Lanchester(Miss Plimsoll), John Williams(Brogan-Moore), Henry Daniell(Mayhew), Ian Wolfe(Carter), Una O'Connor(Janet McKenzie), Torin Thatcher(Mr. Myers), Molly Roden(Miss McHugh)
- director Billy Wilder
1960
- The Spider's Web
- based on "Spiders Web"
- director Godfrey Grayson
- writer Albert G. Miller, Eldon Howard
- cast Glynis Johns(Clarissa), Jack Hulbert(Sir Rowland), Basil Dignam(Hugo Birch), Ronald Howard(Jeremy Warrender), Cicley Courtneidge(Mildred Peake), Wendy Turner(Pippa)
- director Godfrey Grayson
1961
- Murder, She Said (UK)
- B/W, based on "4.50 from Paddington"
- director George Pollock
- writer David D. Osborn, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
- cast Margaret Rutherford(Miss Marple), Arthur Kennedy(Dr. Quimper), Muriel Pavlow(Emma), James Robertson Justice(Ackenthorpe), Charles Tingwell(Craddock), Ronald Howard(Eastley), Thorley Walters(Cedric), Ronnie Raymond(Alexander), Stringer Davis(Mr. Stringer), Joan Hickson(Mrs. Kidder)
- director George Pollock
1963
- Murder at the Gallop (UK)
- based on "After the Funeral"
- director George Pollock
- writer James P. Cavanagh
- cast Margaret Rutherford(Miss Marple), Robert Morley(Hector Enderby), Flora Robson(Miss Milchrest), Charles Tingwell(Inspector Craddock), Stringer Davis(Mr. Stringer), Duncan Lamont(Hillman), Katya Douglas(Rosamund Shane), James Villiers(Michael Shane), Robert Urquhart(George Crossfield), Gordon Harris(Sergeant Bacon)
- director George Pollock
1964
- Murder Most Foul (UK)
- based on "Mrs. McGinty's Dead"
- director George Pollock
- writer David Pursall, Jack Seddon
- cast Margaret Rutherford(Miss Marple), Ron Moody(Clifford Cosgood), Charles Tingwell(Inspector Craddock), Megs Jenkins(Mrs. Thomas), James Bolam(Bill Hanson), Stringer Davis(Mr. Stringer), Francesca Annis
- director George Pollock
- Murder Ahoy (UK)
- Original Story
- director George Pollock
- writer David Pursall, Jack Seddon
- cast Margaret Rutherford(Miss Marple), Charles Tingwell(Insp. Craddock), Lionel Jeffries, Stringer Davis, William Mervyn, Francis Matthews, Terence Edmond, Tony Quinn, Joan Benham, Gerald Cross,
- director George Pollock
1965
- Ten Little Indians (UK)
- based on "And Then There were None"
- director George Pollock
- writer Enrique Llouet, Dudley Nichols, Peter Welbeck, Peter Yeldham, Erich Krohnke
- cast Hugh O'Brian(Hugh Lombard), Shirley Eaton(Ann Clyde), Fabian(Mike Raven), Leo Genn(Gen. Mandrake), Stanley Holloway(William Blore), Wilfrid Hyde-White(Judge Cannon), Daliah Lavi(Ilona Bergen), Dennis Price(Dr. Armstrong), Mario Adorf(Herr Grohmann), Marianne Hoppe(Frau Grohmann)
- director George Pollock
- Gumnaam (India)
- based on "And Then There were None"
- director Raja Nawathe
- scipt Dhruva Chatterjee, Charandas Shokh
- cast Nanda, Manoj Kumar, Pran, Helen, Mehmood, Dhumal, Madan Puri, Tarun Bose, Manmohan, Naina, Laxmi Chhaya
- director Raja Nawathe
- The Alphabet Murders (USA)
- based on "The ABC Murders"
- director Frank Tashlin
- writer David Pursall, Jack Seddon
- cast Tony Randall(Poirot), Robert Morley(Hastings), Anita Ekberg(Amanda Beatrice Cross), Maurice Denham(Japp), Guy Rolfe(Duncan Doncaster), Sheila Allen(Lady Diane), James Villiers(Franklin), Julian Glover(Don Fortune), Grazina Frame(Betty Barnard), Austin Trevor(Judson)
- director Frank Tashlin
1972
- Endless Night (UK)
- based on "Endless Night"
- director Sidney Gilliat
- writer Sidney Gilliat
- cast Hayley Mills(Ellie), Hywel Bennett(Michael), Britt Ekland(Greta), Per Oscarsson(Santonix), George Sanders(Lippincott)
- director Sidney Gilliat
1973
- Dhund (India)
- based on "Unexpected Guest"
- director B.R. Chopra
- writer Akhtar-Ul-Iman, Akhtar Mirza, C.J. Pavri
- cast Sanjay Khan, Zeenat Aman, Danny Denzongpa, Deven Verma, Madan Puri, Nana Palsikar, Ashoo, Jagdish Raj, Prem Sagar, Urmila Bhatt, Ramesh, Sunil Dhawan, Chand Kapoor, Lala Nazir, Uma Dhawan, Padma Khanna, Navin Nischol, Ashok Kumar
- director B.R. Chopra
1974
- Murder on the Orient Express (UK)
- based on "Murder on the Orient Express"
- director Sidney Lumet
- writer Paul Dehn
- cast Albert Finney(Poirot), Martin Balsam(Bianchi), Ingrid Bergman(Greta), Lauren Bacall(Mrs. Hubbard), Jacqueline Bisset(Countess Andrenyi), Sean Connery(Colonel Arbuthnot), Jean-Pierre Cassel(Pierre), John Gielgud(Beddoes), Wendy Hiller(Princess Dragomiroff), Anthony Perkins(McQueen), Vanessa Redgrave(Mary Debenham), Rachel Roberts(Hildegarde), Richard Widmark(Ratchett), Michael York(Count Andrenyi)
- director Sidney Lumet
- And Then There were None (IT/FR/DE/ES)
- based on "And Then There were None"
- director Peter Collinson
- writer Ench Krohnke, Enrique Lovet
- cast Oliver Reed(Hugh Lombard), Richard Attenborough(Arthur Cannon), Elke Sommer(Vera Clyde), Herbert Lom(Edward Armstrong), Stéphane Audran(Ilona Morgan), Charles Aznavour(Michel Raven), Gert Frobe(Wilhelm Blore), Adolfo Celi(Andre Salve), Alberto De Mendoza(Otto Martino), Maria Rohm(Elsa Martino), Orson Welles("voice")
- director Peter Collinson
1978
- Death on the Nile (UK)
- based on "Death on the Nile"
- director John Guillermin
- writer Anthony Shaffer
- cast Peter Ustinov(Poirot), Mia Farrow(Jacqueline De Bellefort), Lois Chiles(Linnet Ridgeway), Simon MacCorkindale(Simon Doyle), Bette Davis(Mrs. Van Schuyler), Maggie Smith(Miss Bowers), Olivia Hussey(Rosalie Otterbourne), Jane Birkin(Louise Bourget), David Niven(Colonel Rice), Angela Lansbury(Salome Otterbourne), Jack Warden(Dr. Bessner), George Kennedy(Andrew Pennington)
- director John Guillermin
1980
- The Mirror Crack'd (UK)
- based on "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side"
- director Guy Hamilton
- writer Jonathan Hales, Barry Sandler
- cast Angela Lansbury(Miss Marple), Elizabeth Taylor(Marina Rudd), Geraldine Chaplin(Ella Zielinsky), Rock Hudson(Jason Rudd), Tony Curtis(Marty N. Fenn), Edward Fox(Inspector Craddock), Kim Novak(Lola Brewster), Marella Oppenheim(Margot Bence), Wendy Morgan(Cherry), Maureen Bennett(Heather Babcock), Pierce Brosnan(An actor)
- director Guy Hamilton
1982
- Evil under the Sun (UK)
- based on "Evil under the Sun"
- director Guy Hamilton
- writer Anthony Shaffer
- cast Peter Ustinov(Poirot), Diana Rigg(Arlena Marshall), Roddy McDowall(Rex Brewster), Maggie Smith(Daphne Castle), Jane Birkin(Christine Redfern), Colin Blakely(Sir Horace Blatt), Nicholas Clay(Patrick Redfern), Sylvia Miles(Myra Gardener), James Mason(Odell Gardener), Dennis Quilley(Captain Marshall)
- director Guy Hamilton
1983
- Tayna chyornykh drozdov (USSR)
- based on "A Pocket Full of Rye"
- director Vadim Derbenyov
- writer Valentina Kolodyazhnaya, Yelizaveta Smirnova
- cast Ita Ever, Vladimir Sedov, Vsevolod Sanayev, Lyubov Polischuk, Yuri Belyayev, Yelena Sanayeva, Andrei Kharitonov, Natalya Danilova, Yelena Ivochkina, Elsa Radzinya
- director Vadim Derbenyov
1984
- Ordeal by Innocence (UK)
- based on "Ordeal by Innocence"
- director Desmond Davis
- writer Alexander Stuart
- cast Donald Sutherland(Dr. Arthur Calgary), Faye Dunaway(Rachel Argyle), Ian McShane(Philip Durant), Christopher Plummer(Leo Argyle), Sarah Miles(Mary Durant), Anita Carey(Martha Jessup), Annette Crosbie(Kirsten Lindstrom), George Innes(Archie Leach), Michael Maloney(Micky Argyle), Phoebe Nicholls(Tina Argyle)
- director Desmond Davis
1985
- Kiken-na Onna-tachi (JP)
- based on "The Hollow"
- director Yoshitaro Nomura
- writer Juichiro Takeuchi, Motomu Furuta
- cast Koji Ishizaka, Shinobu Otake, Kimiko Ikegami, Mariko Fuji, Yuko Kazu, Eitaro Ozawa, Tanie Kitabayashi, Akira Terao, Kunihiko Mitamura
- director Yoshitaro Nomura
1987
- Desyat negrityat (USSR)
- based on "And Then There were None"
- director Stanislav Govorukhin
- writer Stanislav Govorukhin, Gennadi Engstrem
- cast Vladimir Zeldin, Tatyana Drubich, Alexander Kaidanovsky, Alexei Zharkov, Anatoli Romashin, Lyudmila Maxakova, Mikhail Gluzsky, Alexei Zolotnitsky, Irina Tereschenko, Alexander Abdulov
- director Stanislav Govorukhin
1988
- Appointment with Death (USA)
- based on "Appointment with Death"
- director Michael Winner
- writer Anthony Shaffer, Peter Buckman, Michael Winner
- cast Peter Ustinov(Poirot), Piper Laurie(Emily Boynton), Nicholas Guest(Lennox Boynton), Carrie Fisher(Nadine Boynton), John Terlesky(Raymond Boynton), Valerie Richards(Carol Boynton), Amber Bezer(Ginevra Boynton), David Soul(Jefferson Cope), Jenny Seagrove(Dr. Sarah King), Lauren Bacall(Lady Westholme)
- director Michael Winner
1989
- Ten Little Indians (USA)
- based on "And Then There were None"
- director Alan Birkinshaw
- writer Jackson Hunsicker, Gerry O'Hara
- cast Donald Pleasence(Judge Wargrave), Brenda Vaccaro(Marion Marshall), Frank Stallone(Captain Lombard), Herbert Lom(General Romensky), Sarah Maur Thorp(Vera Claythorne), Warren Berlinger(Mr. Blore), Yehuda Efroni(Dr. Werner), Neil McCarthy(Anthony Marston), Paul Smith(Mr. Rodgers), Moira Lister(Mrs. Rodgers)
- director Alan Birkinshaw
- Zagadka Endhauza (USSR)
- based on "Peril at End House"
- director & writer Vadim Derbenyov
- cast Anatoli Ravikovich(Hercules Poirot), Ilona Ozola, Virginia Kelmelite, Dmitri Krylov(Hastings), Inara Slucka, Andrei Kharitono
- director & writer Vadim Derbenyov
2003
- Shubho Mahurat (India)
- based on "Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side"
- director & writer Rituparno Ghosh
- cast Sharmila Tagore, Raakhee, Nandita Das, Sumanta Mukherjee, Kalyani Mandal
- director & writer Rituparno Ghosh
2005
- Mon petit doigt m'a dit... (FR)
- based on "By the Pricking of My Thumbs"
- director Pascal Thomas
- writer François Caviglioli
- cast Catherine Frot (Prudence Beresford), André Dussollier, Geneviève Bujold, Laurent Terzieff, Valérie Kaprisky, Bernard Verley, Alexandra Stewart, Sarah Biasini, François Bettens, Françoise Seigner, Elisabeth Macocco, Isabelle Giani, Hervé Pierre, Alexandre Pesle, André Thorent
- director Pascal Thomas
2007
- L'Heure zéro (FR)
- based on "Towards Zero"
- director Pascal Thomas
- writer François Caviglioli
- cast François Morel, Danielle Darrieux, Melvil Poupaud, Laura Smet, Chiara Mastroianni, Alessandra Martines, Clçément Thomas, Xavier Thiam, Hervçé Pierre, Vania Plemiannikov, Jacques Sereys, Valçériane de Villeneuve, Paul Minthe, Carmen Durand, Dominique Reymond
- director Pascal Thomas
2008
- Le Grand alibi (FR)
- based on "The Hollow"
- director Pascal Bonitzer
- writer Pascal Bonitzer, Jérôme Beaujour
- cast Miou-Miou(Éliane Pages), Lambert Wilson(Le docteur Pierre Collier), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi(Esther Bachmann), Pierre Arditi(Le sénateur Henri Pages), Anne Consigny(Claire Collier), Mathieu Demy(Philippe Léger), Caterina Murino(Léa Mantovani), Maurice Bénichou(Lieutenant Grange), Céline Sallette(Marthe), Agathe Bonitzer(Chloé), Emmanuelle Riva(Geneviève Herbin), Dany Brillant(Michel), Alain Libolt(Le contrôleur), Hélène Devynck(La journaliste télé), Hélène Frappat(La journaliste de presse)
- director Pascal Bonitzer
- Le Crime est notre affaire (FR)
- based on "4.50 from Paddington"
- director & writer Pascal Thomas
- cast Catherine Frot, André Dussollier, Claude Rich, Chiara Mastroianni, Melvil Poupaud, Alexandre Lafaurie, Christian Vadim, Hippolyte Girardot, Yves Afonso, Annie Cordy, Valériane de Villeneuve, Marie Lorna, Laura Benson, Florence Maury, Agathe Hazard
- director & writer Pascal Thomas
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