Lists of adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie:
Film
editYear | Title | Story based on | Character | Country | Notes |
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1928 | The Passing of Mr. Quinn | The Coming of Mr Quin | Dr. Alec Portal | First Christie film adaptation | |
1929 | Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H. | The Secret Adversary | names changed | German | First foreign Christie film adaptation; names changed from the novel. |
1931 | Alibi | The stage play Alibi and the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Hercule Poirot | First Christie film adaptation to feature Hercule Poirot | |
1931 | Black Coffee | Black Coffee | Hercule Poirot | ||
1932 | Le Coffret de Laque | Black Coffee | Hercule Poirot | France | Adaptation of Black Coffee |
1934 | Lord Edgware Dies | Thirteen at Dinner | Hercule Poirot | ||
1937 | Love from a Stranger | The stage play Love from a Stranger and the short story Philomel Cottage | names changed | Released in the US as A Night of Terror | |
1945 | And Then There Were None | The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None | names changed | First Christie film adaptation of And Then There Were None | |
1947 | Love from a Stranger | The stage play Love from a Stranger and the short story Philomel Cottage | Cecily Harrington | Released in the UK as A Stranger Walked In | |
1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | The stage play Witness for the Prosecution and the short story The Witness for the Prosecution | Leonard Vole | ||
1960 | The Spider's Web | Spider's Web | Hailsham-Brown | ||
1960 | Chupi Chupi Aashey | The Mousetrap and Three Blind Mice (radio play and short story) | names changed | India | Uncredited adaptation possibly the only notable film version of the celebrated play. [citation needed] |
1961 | Murder, She Said | 4.50 from Paddington | Miss Marple | First Christie film adaptation to feature Miss Marple | |
1963 | Murder at the Gallop | After the Funeral | Miss Marple | The original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple | |
1964 | Murder Most Foul | Mrs McGinty's Dead | Miss Marple | The original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple | |
1964 | Murder Ahoy! | None | Miss Marple | An original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements of They Do It with Mirrors | |
1965 | Ten Little Indians | The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None | names changed | ||
1965 | Gumnaam | And Then There Were None | names changed | India | Uncredited adaptation |
1965 | The Alphabet Murders | The A.B.C. Murders | Hercule Poirot | ||
1970 | Nadu Iravil | And Then There Were None | names changed | India | Uncredited adaptation in Tamil |
1972 | Endless Night | Endless Night | Michael Rogers | ||
1973 | Dhund | The Unexpected Guest | names changed | India | Dhund (translation: Fog) produced and directed by B. R. Chopra |
1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | ||
1974 | And Then There Were None | The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None | names changed | Released in the US as Ten Little Indians | |
1978 | Death on the Nile | The stage play Murder on the Nile and the novel Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | ||
1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Miss Marple | ||
1982 | Evil Under the Sun | Evil Under the Sun | Hercule Poirot | ||
1983 | Secret of the Blackbirds (Russian: Тайна "Чёрных дроздов") |
The novel A Pocket Full of Rye | names changed | Soviet Union | |
1985 | Ordeal by Innocence | Ordeal by Innocence | Arthur Calgary | ||
1987 | Desyat Negrityat (= Ten Little Niggers) (Russian: Десять негритят) |
The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None | Lawrence Wargrave | Soviet Union | |
1988 | Appointment with Death | The stage play Appointment with Death and the novel Appointment with Death | Hercule Poirot | ||
1989 | Ten Little Indians | The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None | Lawrence Wargrave | ||
1989 | Zagadka Endhausa (Russian: Загадка Эндхауза) |
Peril at End House | Hercule Poirot | Soviet Union | |
1990 | Myshelovka (Russian: Мышеловка) |
The stage play The Mousetrap | Sergeant Trotter | Soviet Union | |
1995 | Innocent Lies | Towards Zero | names changed | Loose adaptation of Towards Zero after scripts issue. | |
2003 | Shubho Mahurat | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | names changed | India (Bengali) | Loosely based on Miss Marple Novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side |
2004 | Mindhunters | n/a | names changed | Very loose adaptation of The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None | |
2005 | Mon petit doigt m'a dit... | By the Pricking of My Thumbs | Prudence Beresford | France | |
2007 | L'Heure zéro | Towards Zero | names changed | France | |
2008 | Le crime est notre affaire | 4.50 from Paddington | Prudence Beresford | France | The adaptation replaces Miss Marple with Prudence Beresford. |
2008 | Le Grand Alibi | The Hollow | names changed | France | Poirot does not appear in the adaptation. |
2011 | Aduthathu | The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None | names changed | India (Tamil) | |
2012 | Grandmaster | The A.B.C. Murders | names changed | India (Malayalam) | |
2012 | Associés contre le crime | The Case of the Missing Lady | Prudence Beresford | France | |
2015 | Aatagara | The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None | names changed | India (Kannada) | |
2016 | Chorabali | Cards on the Table | names changed | Bangladesh (Bengali) | |
2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | ||
2017 | Crooked House | Crooked House | Charles Hayward | ||
2022 | Death on the Nile | Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | A sequel to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express. | |
2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Hallowe'en Party | Hercule Poirot | A sequel to 2022's Death on the Nile. |
Television
edit- 1938 Love from a Stranger (Based on the stage play of the same name from the short story Philomel Cottage)
- 1947 Love from a Stranger
- 1949 Ten Little Indians
- 1955 Spider's Web (Based on the stage play of the same name)
- 1956 Spider's Web
- 1959 Ten Little Indians
- 1970 The Murder at the Vicarage
- 1980 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
- 1981 The Seven Dials Mystery
- 1982 Spider's Web
- 1982 The Agatha Christie Hour
- 1982 Murder is Easy
- 1982 The Witness for the Prosecution
- 1983 The Secret Adversary
- 1983 Partners in Crime
- 1983 A Caribbean Mystery
- 1983 Sparkling Cyanide
- 1985 Murder with Mirrors
- 1985 Thirteen at Dinner
- 1986 Dead Man's Folly
- 1986 Murder in Three Acts
- 1989 The Man in the Brown Suit
- 1997 The Pale Horse
- 2001 Murder on the Orient Express
- 2003 Sparkling Cyanide
- 2007 Hercule Poirot's Christmas (A French film adaptation)
- 2015 Partners in Crime
- 2015 And Then There Were None
- 2016 The Witness For The Prosecution
- 2018 Ordeal by Innocence
- 2018 The ABC Murders
- 2018 Ms. Ma, Nemesis
- 2020 The Pale Horse
- 2022 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
- 2023 Murder is Easy
Miss Marple television series
editEpisodes of the television series Miss Marple include:
- 1984 The Body in the Library
- 1985 The Moving Finger
- 1985 A Murder is Announced
- 1985 A Pocket Full of Rye
- 1986 The Murder at the Vicarage
- 1987 Sleeping Murder
- 1987 At Bertram's Hotel
- 1987 Nemesis
- 1987 4.50 from Paddington
- 1989 A Caribbean Mystery
- 1991 They Do It with Mirrors
- 1992 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Agatha Christie's Marple television series
editEpisodes of the television series Agatha Christie's Marple include:
- 2004 The Body in the Library
- 2004 The Murder at the Vicarage
- 2004 4.50 from Paddington
- 2005 A Murder is Announced
- 2005 Sleeping Murder
- 2006 The Moving Finger
- 2006 By the Pricking of My Thumbs
- 2006 The Sittaford Mystery
- 2007 Towards Zero
- 2007 Nemesis
- 2007 At Bertram's Hotel
- 2007 Ordeal by Innocence
- 2009 A Pocket Full of Rye
- 2009 Murder is Easy
- 2009 They Do It with Mirrors
- 2009 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
- 2010 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
- 2010 The Secret of Chimneys
- 2010 The Blue Geranium
- 2010 The Pale Horse
- 2013 A Caribbean Mystery
- 2013 Greenshaw's Folly
- 2013 Endless Night
Agatha Christie's Poirot television series
editEpisodes of the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot include:
- 1989 The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
- 1989 Murder in the Mews
- 1989 The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
- 1989 Four and Twenty Blackbirds
- 1989 The Third Floor Flat
- 1989 Triangle at Rhodes
- 1989 Problem at Sea
- 1989 The Incredible Theft
- 1989 The King of Clubs
- 1989 The Dream
- 1990 Peril at End House
- 1990 The Veiled Lady
- 1990 The Lost Mine
- 1990 The Cornish Mystery
- 1990 The Disappearance of Mr. Davenhiem
- 1990 Double Sin
- 1990 The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
- 1990 The Kidnapped Prime Minister
- 1990 The Adventure of the Western Star
- 1990 The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- 1991 How Does Your Garden Grow?
- 1991 The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
- 1991 The Plymouth Express
- 1991 Wasps' Nest
- 1991 The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
- 1991 The Double Clue
- 1991 The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
- 1991 The Theft of the Royal Ruby
- 1991 The Affair at the Victory Ball
- 1991 The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
- 1992 The ABC Murders
- 1992 Death in the Clouds
- 1992 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- 1993 The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
- 1993 The Under dog
- 1993 The Yellow Iris
- 1993 The Case of the Missing Will
- 1993 The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
- 1993 The Chocolate Box
- 1993 Dead Man's Mirror
- 1993 The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
- 1995 Hercule Poirot's Christmas
- 1995 Hickory Dickory Dock
- 1996 Murder on the Links
- 1996 Dumb Witness
- 2000 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- 2000 Lord Edgware Dies
- 2001 Evil Under the Sun
- 2002 Murder in Mesopotamia
- 2003 Five Little Pigs
- 2003 Sad Cypress
- 2004 Death on the Nile
- 2004 The Hollow
- 2006 The Mystery of the Blue Train
- 2006 Cards on the Table
- 2006 After the Funeral
- 2006 Taken at the Flood
- 2008 Mrs. McGinty's Dead
- 2008 Cat Among the Pigeons
- 2008 Third Girl
- 2009 Appointment with Death
- 2010 Three Act Tragedy
- 2010 Hallowe'en Party
- 2010 Murder on the Orient Express
- 2011 The Clocks
- 2013 Elephants Can Remember
- 2013 The Big Four
- 2013 Dead Man's Folly
- 2013 The Labours of Hercules
- 2013 Curtain
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie television series
editThe French-language television series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie adapted thirty-six of Christie's works of detective fiction. It included a four-part mini-series set in 1930s France (2006) and a distinct two-series run with Series One also set in 1930s France (2009–2012, 11 episodes) and Series Two set in mid-1950s to 1960s France (2013–2020, 27 episodes).
BBC Radio
editMany of Christie's novels have been adapted for BBC Radio over the course of several years.[1] The most prominent productions were the dramatisations of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories:
Poirot
edit(Starring John Moffatt as Poirot, unless otherwise stated)
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Murder on the Links
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- The Mystery of the Blue Train (* Maurice Denham as Poirot)
- Peril at End House
- Lord Edgware Dies (aka Thirteen at Dinner)
- Murder in Mesopotamia
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Three Act Tragedy
- Death in the Clouds
- The A.B.C. Murders
- Dumb Witness
- Cards on the Table
- Death on the Nile
- Appointment with Death
- Hercule Poirot's Christmas (* Peter Sallis as Poirot)
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- Sad Cypress
- Evil Under the Sun
- Five Little Pigs
- Taken at the Flood
- Mrs McGinty's Dead
- After the Funeral
- Dead Man's Folly
- Hallowe'en Party
- Elephants Can Remember
Miss Marple
edit(Starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple)
- The Body in the Library
- The Murder at the Vicarage
- 4.50 from Paddington
- A Murder Is Announced
- Sleeping Murder
- The Moving Finger
- At Bertram's Hotel
- Nemesis
- A Caribbean Mystery
- They Do It With Mirrors
- The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side
- A Pocket Full of Rye
Notable others
editStarring Jonathan Forbes as Mike and Lizzy Watts as Ellie
Starring Hugh Bonneville as Nevile and Marcia Warren as Lady Tresselian
Starring Melinda Walker as Emily Trefusis, Stephen Tompkinson as Charles Enderby, John Moffatt as Mr. Rycroft and Geoffrey Whitehead as Inspector Narracott
Geoffrey Whitehead as Justice Wargrave, Lyndsey Marshal as Vera Claythorne, Alex Wyndham as Philip Lombard, John Rowe as Dr. Armstrong, and Joanna Monro as Emily Brent
Starring Naomi Frederick as Iris and Amanda Drew as Ruth
Starring Mark Umbers as Arthur Calgary and Jacqueline Defferary as Gwenda
Graphic novels
editEuro Comics India began issuing a series of graphic novel adaptations of Christie's work in 2007.
- 2007 The Murder on the Links. Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Marc Piskic
- 2007 Murder on the Orient Express. Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Solidor (Jean-François Miniac).
- 2007 Death on the Nile. Adapted by Francois Riviere, illustrated by Solidor (Jean-François Miniac)
- 2007 The Secret of Chimneys. Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Laurence Suhner
- 2007 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Adapted and illustrated by Bruno Lachard
- 2007 The Mystery of the Blue Train. Adapted and illustrated by Marc Piskic
- 2007 The Man in the Brown Suit. Adapted and illustrated by Alain Paillou
- 2007 The Big Four. Adapted by Hichot and illustrated by Bairi
- 2007 The Secret Adversary. Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
- 2007 The Murder at the Vicarage. Adapted and illustrated by "Norma"
- 2007 Murder in Mesopotamia. Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Chandre
- 2007 And Then There Were None. Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
- 2007 Endless Night. Adapted by Francois Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
- 2008 Ordeal by Innocence. Adapted and illustrated by Chandre
- 2008 Hallowe'en Party. Adapted and illustrated by Chandre
- 2008 Peril at End House Adapted by Thierry Jollet and illustrated by Didier Quella-Guyot
- 2009 Dumb Witness Adapted and illustrated by "Marek"
- 2010 Cards on the Table Adapted and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
- 2010 Five Little Pigs Adapted by Miceal O'Griafa, David Charrier
- 2012 Dead Man's Folly Adapted and illustrated by Marek
- 2013 Evil Under the Sun Adapted by Thierry Jollet and illustrated by Didier Quella-Guyot
Video games
edit- 1988: The Scoop (published by Spinnaker Software and Telarium) (PC)
- 2005: Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (PC and Wii).
- 2006: Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (PC)
- 2007: Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
- 2007: Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun (PC and Wii)
- 2008: Agatha Christie: Peril at End House (I-Spy hidden-object game)
- 2009: Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (DS)
- 2009: Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly (I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
- 2010: Agatha Christie 4:50 from Paddington (I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
- 2016: Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One)
- 2021: Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One)
- 2023: Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case (PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- 2023: Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express (PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Animation
editIn 2004, the Japanese broadcasting company Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai turned Poirot and Marple into animated characters in the anime series Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, introducing Mabel West (daughter of Miss Marple's mystery-writer nephew Raymond West, a canonical Christie character) and her duck Oliver as new characters.
References
edit- ^ "Series: Agatha Christie". www.radioechoes.com. 1942–1998. Retrieved 25 January 2019.