Adaptations of Agatha Christie
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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.Story based on: The Coming of Mr Quin (short story collection)
- 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.Story based on: The Secret Adversary (novel)
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsAustin TrevorFranklin DyallElizabeth AllanBelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.Story based on: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (novel)
The film was adapted from the 1928 play Alibi by Michael Morton which was in turn based on the 1926 Agatha Christie novel 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.Story based on: Black Coffee (stage play)
- DirectorJean KemmStarsRené AlexandreHarry ArbellDanielle DarrieuxStory based on: Black Coffee (stage play)
- 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?Story based on: Thirteen at Dinner (novel)
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsAnn HardingBasil RathboneBinnie HaleA lottery winner breaks up with her fiancé and marries a fortune hunter who proves to be dangerous.Story based on: Philomel Cottage (short story collection)
It is based on the 1936 play of the same name by Frank Vosper. In turn, the play was based on the 1924 short story Philomel Cottage, written by Agatha Christie. - 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.Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
- 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.Story based on: Philomel Cottage (short story collection)
It is based on the 1936 play of the same name by Frank Vosper. In turn, the play was based on the 1924 short story Philomel Cottage, written by Agatha Christie.
Previously been turned into a 1937 British film Love from a Stranger starring Basil Rathbone. - DirectorBilly WilderStarsTyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles LaughtonA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.Story based on: The Witness for the Prosecution (short story collection)
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsGlynis JohnsJohn JustinJack HulbertWhen an intruder is killed in her house, the comfortable life of Clarissa Hailsham-Browne is turned upside-down.Story based on: Spider's Web (stage play)
- DirectorPremendra MitraStarsTapati GhoshRobin MajumdarTarun Kumar ChatterjeeA woman is murdered and a hand bill of a resort run by a young couple is found. Is the murderer headed for it? Who is next victim? All the boarders, including owners are under false name. Why? A policeman arrives, will he be able to stop?Story based on: Three Blind Mice (short story collection and radio play)
Adapted from Agatha Christie's radio play and short story Three Blind Mice and stage play The Mousetrap. - DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordArthur KennedyMuriel PavlowWhen Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.Story based on: 4.50 from Paddington (novel)
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordStringer DavisRobert MorleyWhen a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.Story based on: After the Funeral (novel)
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordRon MoodyCharles 'Bud' TingwellWhen Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer.Story based on: Mrs McGinty's Dead (novel)
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordLionel JeffriesCharles 'Bud' TingwellAfter Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.Story based on: -
An original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements of They Do It with Mirrors (novel). - 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?Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
Although its background story is the same as the 1945 adaptation (And Then There Were None), with ten people invited to a remote location by a mysterious stranger, this one takes place on an isolated snowy mountain. This version is also the first adaptation of the novel to show the murders on screen. - DirectorRaja NawatheStarsNanda KarnatakiManoj KumarPran SikandEight people are stranded on an island. They reach a mansion where a butler is awaiting them. Then an unknown, vengeful person starts killing them, one by one.Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsTony RandallRobert MorleyAnita EkbergHercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.Story based on: The A.B.C. Murders (novel)
- DirectorSundaram BalachanderStarsMajor SundarrajanSowcar JanakiSundaram BalachanderA murder-mystery/thriller, in which the friend of a wealthy, elderly couple tries to bring about a reconciliation between them on the one hand, and their their estranged relatives on the other.Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsHayley MillsHywel BennettBritt EklandA working-class young Englishman marries an affable American heiress, but their marital bliss is soon interrupted when they begin constructing a home on land alleged to be cursed.Story based on: Endless Night (novel)
- DirectorB.R. ChopraStarsNavin NischolZeenat AmanSanjay KhanA traveler decides to assist a woman involved in a murder.Story based on: The Unexpected Guest (stage play)
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAlbert FinneyLauren BacallIngrid BergmanIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.Story based on: Murder on the Orient Express (novel)
- 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?Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
This was the second of three versions of Christie's novel to be adapted to the screen by producer Harry Alan Towers. Two film adaptations were previously released (a 1945 version by René Clair and the 1965 adaptation Ten Little Indians by Oliver A. Unger). - DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter UstinovMia FarrowSimon MacCorkindaleAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?Story based on: Death on the Nile (novel)
Adapted The stage play Murder on the Nile and the novel Death on the Nile. The film is a follow-up to the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express. - DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsAngela LansburyTony CurtisRock HudsonMiss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.Story based on: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (novel)
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsPeter UstinovJames MasonMaggie SmithTrying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.Story based on: Evil Under the Sun (novel)
- DirectorVadim DerbenyovStarsIta EverVladimir SedovVsevolod SanaevMr. Fortescue, owner of a big company, unexpectedly dies. The autopsy shows that he has been poisoned. Nobody actually loved him, and even his family members had their reasons to kill him. But who really did it ? And who is responsable for killing his young servant and his wife within the next couple of days ? Of course the only person who can answer this question is Ms. Marple. And of course, the murderer is the person you least expected it to be.Story based on: A Pocket Full of Rye (novel)
- DirectorDesmond DavisAlan BirkinshawStarsDonald SutherlandFaye DunawayChristopher PlummerDr Calgary returns home from an expedition and goes looking for a hitchhiker whom he gave a lift to two years previously in order to return the man's address book. He discovers the man has been executed for his mother's murder.Story based on: Ordeal by Innocence (novel)
- DirectorStanislav GovorukhinStarsVladimir ZeldinTatyana DrubichAleksandr KaydanovskiyA psychological thriller based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts after receiving invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England.Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsPeter UstinovLauren BacallCarrie FisherWhen a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.Story based on: Appointment with Death (novel)
Adapted The stage play Appointment with Death and the novel Appointment with Death - 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?Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
- DirectorVadim DerbenyovStarsAnatoliy RavikovichIlona OzolaVirginija KelmelyteThe young mistress of a large estate suddenly becomes the target of several assassination attempts. The famous Hercule Poirot begins an investigation, the result of which will stun even him.Story based on: Peril at End House (novel)
- DirectorSamson SamsonovStarsElena PopovaEvgeniy ParamonovVladimir SoshalskyA young couple Jiles and Molly Ralstons organize a boarding house 30 miles away from London. The opening of the institution falls on a day of heavy snowfall, so that the guests, arriving here, seem to be cut off from the world. On the radio, they report the murder of the former hostess of the farm, where the boy died from torture, but first of all this does not care much. Suddenly, a policeman arrives at the boarding house on skiing, informing that soon there will probably be a murder.Story based on: The Mousetrap (stage play)
- DirectorPatrick DewolfStarsAdrian DunbarFlorence HoathSophie AubryA gripping story of sex, betrayal, and murder. In 1938, British detective Alan Cross (Adrian Dunbar) travels to a small French coastal town to investigate the mysterious death of a close friend. Soon he becomes entangled in the strange lives of his prime suspects, the Graves, an aristocratic English family hiding many dark secrets. In his search for clues, Cross cleverly uncovers an illicit relationship, local Nazi-sympathizers, and ultimately, the true identity of his friend's killer.Story based on: Towards Zero (novel)
Loose adaptation of Towards Zero after scripts issue. - DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsSharmila TagoreNandita DasKalyani MandalAn actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate.Story based on: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (novel)
Loosely based on Miss Marple Novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side. - DirectorRenny HarlinStarsVal KilmerLL Cool JChristian SlaterA group of FBI trainees are taken to a remote island for simulation training. However, once there, they realize that they are being hunted by a serial killer, who might be someone amidst them.Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
Very loose adaptation of The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None. - DirectorPascal ThomasStarsCatherine FrotAndré DussollierGeneviève BujoldThe Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.Story based on: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (novel)
- DirectorPascal ThomasStarsFrançois MorelDanielle DarrieuxMelvil PoupaudA wealthy woman holds a party at her estate for family and friends. When a solicitor and the hostess herself are both murdered, only the trusty Inspector Bataille can put together the pieces.Story based on: Towards Zero (novel)
- DirectorPascal ThomasStarsCatherine FrotAndré DussollierClaude RichPrudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course!Story based on: 4.50 from Paddington (novel)
The adaptation replaces Miss Marple with Prudence Beresford. - DirectorPascal BonitzerStarsMiou-MiouLambert WilsonValeria Bruni TedeschiA psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer is brutally shot while his wife is standing over him with a revolver in her hand.Story based on: The Hollow (novel)
- DirectorThakkali SrinivasanStarsSriman10 people are tricked and kidnapped. They are in a deserted island while some members start to die mysteriously. Truth unravels as they progress through their countable days.Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
Adapted The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None. - DirectorB. UnnikrishnanStarsMohanlalPriyamaniBabu AntonyA veteran cop chases a cold blooded serial killer, who murders his victims in alphabetical order.Story based on: The A.B.C. Murders (novel)
- DirectorK.M. ChaitanyaStarsAnant NagChiranjeevi SarjaMeghana RajTen people are chosen to participate in a contest and assembled in a bungalow in a picturesque island. When the contestants begin to die painful deaths one by one, can the last five left standing find way to escape the house of terror?Story based on: And Then There Were None (novel)
Adapted The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None. - DirectorSubhrajit MitraStarsBarun ChandaTanushree ChakrabortyGeorge BakerA whodunit thriller set in the backdrop of North Kolkata with its British Raj charm, based on Agatha Christie's Cards on the Table.Story based on: Cards on the Table (novel)
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghPenélope CruzWillem DafoeWhen a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.Story based on: Murder on the Orient Express (novel)
- DirectorGilles Paquet-BrennerStarsMax IronsStefanie MartiniGlenn CloseIn Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.Story based on: Crooked House (novel)
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsTom BatemanAnnette BeningKenneth BranaghWhile on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.Story based on: Death on the Nile (novel)