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The definitive adaptation of all twelve Miss Marple novels, starring Joan Hickson in the title role and featuring one of the all-time TV themes, composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley.
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📻 Step into the captivating world of Agatha Christie's legendary detective, Miss Marple, with three spellbinding mysteries expertly adapted into Radio Dramas. Delve into the intricate web of...
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- 25 Alibi (1931)
- 24 Black Coffee
- 23 Ten Little Indians
- 22 Ordeal by Innocence
- 21 Ten Little Indians
- 20 Seven Dials Mystery
- 19 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
- 18 Death on The Nile
- 17 Murder on The Orient Express
- 16 Gumnaam
The Lost Agatha Christie Movie From The Earliest Decades Of Cinema
Alibi is one of the first Agatha Christie movies by Twickenham Studios. Alibi stars Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot and is considered a lost film. Even if it is a lost film, it's still notable for being the first Christie adaptation to feature Hercule Poirot. It's based on the 1928 play of the same name, which itself was based on Christie's 1926 novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Alibi features a character named Caryll Sheppard (played by Mercia Swinburne), who became the inspiration for Miss...
A Long-Lost Adaptation Of Christie's Stage Play Movie Response
Black Coffee stars Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot and is based on the 1929 stage play of the same name. Christie wrote the play in response to the film adaptations made up to that point. In the story, Poirot and a friend, Arthur Hastings, visit a physicist only to discover his dead body. The plot revolves around a secret formula the physicist was working on and each previous visitor's motives for murdering him. No known copies exist of either of Leslie S. Hiscott's Agatha Christie movies, bu...
A Group Of Former Suspects Must Solve A Murder
In 1989, Harry Alan Towers released his third version of the Agatha Christie story, And Then There Were None, which he renamed Ten Little Indians.The movie sees ten strangers, all accused of murders in the past,summoned to an African safari by a mysterious host. When they start dying one by one, the survivors have to figure out which of them is the murderer before they all die. This was not a Christie story with her two major detectives (Hercule Poirot and Marla Maples). Instead, it featured...
Donald Sutherland Strives To Clear A Dead Man's Name
Ordeal by Innocence is a 1984 movie based on the book of the same name by Agatha Christie. The book follows Dr. Arthur Calgary, a witness to a murder, but he doesn't realize the full extent of what he saw until two years later when Jack Argyle, an innocent man, was found guilty of the crime and died in prison.Dr. Calgary then reveals that Argyle is not guiltyand that Calgary has an alibi for him, which proves it, meaning the killer is still out there. Donald Sutherland plays Dr. Calgary,and t...
An Early Adaptation That Inspired Many Horror Movies
The 1965 version of Ten Little Indians is set in a mansion in the snowy Alps as a mysterious host invites ten people to a remote location. The host doesn't appear and instead leaves a message claiming that each person is responsible for the death of another and will be killed during their stay at the mansion. The message comes to fruition as guests keep turning up dead in the mansion, and the remaining survivors have to figure out who the mysterious killer is before they reach the same fate....
Conspiracy And Murder Among The London Aristocracy
The Seven Dials Mystery is based on the Christie novel of the same name, although this novel was written in a different style than most of her earlier murder mystery work. The novel brought back characters from The Secret of Chimneys but didn't pay as much attention to the detectives' deduction work and instead focused on conspiracies and international spies. The 1981 movie follows Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent, who investigates the murder of Gerry Wade, with the mystery continuing to escalate a...
The Adaptation That Brought Agatha Christie Stories To The Small Screen
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? is a detective novel by Agatha Christie and the 1980 TV movie is based on the book of the same name. The movie follows Bobby Jones as he investigates the murder of a man he comes across while golfing whose last words are, "Why didn't they ask Evans?" Jones starts to do a deep dive into the man's life and tries to uncover the mystery of his fatal wounds on the golf course that day. This is actually the first major Christie adaptation for television because, during he...
Kenneth Branagh's Second Outing As Poirot
Kenneth Branagh returns as Poirot in this sequel to Murder On The Orient Express. In Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie's most famous detective is just trying to take a vacation, but of course, his time of relaxation is interrupted by murder. Sadly for his plans of relaxation, he is swept into the murder mystery and has to figure out who the killer is before they strike again. Like its predecessor, Death On The Nileis full of twists, turns, and dramatic accusations. It also has a more lush ba...
The First Movie In Branagh's Blockbuster Poirot Trilogy
Murder On The Orient Express is one of the most often adapted(or alluded to) of Christie's novels. This Agatha Christie story has been adapted into radio shows, TV specials, movies, and even video games. Despite those familiar with Christie's work knowing the ending since it was initially published in 1934, many are still captivated by all the twists and turns, as literally everyone Poirot comes into contact with is a suspect. Kenneth Branagh as Poirot in this version of the story is incredib...
Bollywood's Take On A Classic Christie Tale
Indian adaptations of Agatha Christie’s works are incredibly popular. Gumnaam is only the second Indian adaptation and the first in Hindi. The story adapts Christie’s And Then There Were None. In this version, eight characters win a trip, but the prize actually sets them all up to be stalked and systematically murdered one by one. The surviving characters try to hunt down the killer, just as in Christie's original novel. Eventually, they discover their connections to one another, but only aft...
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Sep 5, 2018 · When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.
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Dec 20, 2020 · agatha christie, murder, mystery, miss marple, jane marple, marple, crime, english, british, england, uk, united kingdom, episodes
Aug 14, 2024 · Vote up the best adaptations of Agatha Christie's work. Given The Guinness Book of Word Records lists her as the bestselling author of all time, it is no surprise Agatha Christie movies and television shows have been consistently popular for over 90 years.
