Welcome to the “Agatha Christie, She Watched” podcast. Join us as Teresa Peschel watches movies adaptations of Agatha Christie’s works, and discuss what she thinks of them, their positives, negatives, interesting background facts, and whether you should watch them too!
The “Agatha Christie, They Watched” podcast is sponsored by Peschel Press, publisher of the Complete Annotated series of Agatha Christie mysteries.
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Schedule of Movies We’re Watching
This is the complete tentative list of what we’re watching and in what order.
Adaptations we have covered are linked to the episode on YouTube.
Hercule Poirot (Pilot)
The pilot TV episode we recently found
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Suchet, UK, 1990)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (France, Les Petits, 2016)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hungary, 2022)
The Secret Adversary (1921)
Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H (Germany, 1929)
The Secret Adversary (UK, 1983)
The Secret Adversary (UK, 2015)
Murder on the Links (1922)
The Murder on the Links (UK, Suchet, 1996)
Crime Does Not Pay (France, Les Petits, 2014)
The Man in the Brown Suit (1923)
The Man in the Brown Suit (USA, 1989)
The Man in the Brown Suit (France, Les Petits, 2017)
The Secret of Chimneys (1926)
The Secret of Chimneys (UK, ITV Marple, 2010)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (UK, Suchet, 2000)
Poirot’s Failure (Russia, 2002)
The Murder of Kuroido (Japan, 2018)
Murder in the Manor of the Richest Man (China, Checkmate arc, 2022)
The Big Four (1927)
The Big Four (UK, Suchet, 2013)
The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
The Mystery of the Blue Train (UK, Suchet 2006)
The Seven Dials Mystery (1929)
The Seven Dials Mystery (UK, 1981)
The Seven Dials Mystery (Netflix, 2026)
Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
Murder at the Vicarage (UK, Hickson, 1986)
Murder at the Vicarage (UK, ITV, McEwan, 2004)
The Protheroe Affair (France, Les Petits, 2016)
Murder at the Rectory (W. Germany, 1970)
Black Coffee (1930)
Black Coffee (France, 1932)
Black Coffee (West Germany, 1973)
Black Coffee (Italy, 1985)
The Sittaford Mystery (1931)
The Sittaford Mystery (UK, ITV Marple, 2006)
Deadly Melody (France, Les Petits, 2018)
Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley (India, 2023)
Peril at End House (1931)
Peril at End House (Russia, 1989)
Peril at End House (UK, Suchet, 1990)
The Mystery of End House (Japan, anime, 2004)
House of Peril (France, Les Petits, 2009)
The Stranger (Philomel Cottage / Love From a Stranger) (1932)
Love from a Stranger (UK, 1937)
Love from a Stranger (USA 1947)
A Stranger Knocks (W. Germany, 1967)
Lord Edgware Dies (1933)
Lord Edgware Dies (UK, 1934)
Thirteen at Dinner (USA-UK, Ustinov, 1985)
Lord Edgware Dies (UK, Suchet 2000)
Knife in the Neck (France, Les Petits, 2012)
Murder on the Orient Express (1933)
Murder on the Orient Express (UK, 1974)
Murder on the Orient Express (USA, 2001)
Murder on the Orient Express (UK, Suchet, 2010)
The Orient Express Murder Case (Japan, Nomura Mansai, 2015)
Murder on the Orient Express (China, opening arc in Checkmate, 2022)
Darkes Forest Blues (Australia, 2023, 8-minute student film)
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (1933)
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (UK, 1980)
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (UK, ITV Marple, 2009)
Why Not Martin? (France, Les Petits, 2013)
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (UK, 2022)
Three Act Tragedy (1934)
Murder in Three Acts (USA-UK, Ustinov, 1986)
Three Act Tragedy (UK, Suchet, 2010)
Drama in Three Acts (France, Les Petits, 2018)
Death in the Clouds (1935)
Death in the Clouds (UK, Suchet, 1992)
Death in the Clouds (Japan, anime, 2005)
The A.B.C. Murders (1935)
The Alphabet Murders (UK, 1965)
The A.B.C. Murders (UK, Suchet, 1992)
The A.B.C. Murders (Japan, anime, 2004)
The A.B.C. Murders (France, Les Petits, 2009)
Grandmaster (India, 2012)
The A.B.C. Murders (UK, 2018)
Murder in Mesopotamia (1935)
Murder in Mesopotamia (UK, Suchet, 2002)
Cards on the Table (1936)
Cards on the Table (UK, Suchet, 2006)
Cards on the Table (France, Les Petits, 2014)
Quicksand (Chorabali) (India, 2016)
Dumb Witness (1936)
Dumb Witness (UK, Suchet, 1996)
Dumb Witness (France, Les Petits, 2013)
Death on the Nile (1937)
Death on the Nile (UK, Ustinov, 1978)
Death on the Nile (UK, Suchet, 2004)
Death on the Nile (UK, Branagh, 2022)
Appointment with Death (1938)
Appointment with Death (USA, Ustinov, 1988)
Appointment with Death (UK, Suchet, 2009)
Appointment with Death (France, Les Petits, 2019)
Promise of Death (Japan, Nomura Mansai, 2021)
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938)
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (UK, Suchet, 1995)
Little Family Murders (France, 2006)
Murders for Sale (France, Les Petits, 2018)
Murder Is Easy (1938)
Murder Is Easy (USA, 1982)
Murder Is Easy (UK, ITV Marple, 2009)
Is Murder Easy? (France, Les Petits, 2015)
Murder Is Easy (UK, 2023)
And Then There Were None (1939)
And Then There Were None (USA, 1945)
Ten Little Indians (USA, 1959)
Ten Little Indians (UK, 1965)
Unknown (Gumnaam) (India, 1965)
And Then There Were None (W. Germany, 1969)
Five Dolls for an August Moon (Italy, 1970)
And Then There Were None (USA, 1974)
Ten Little Indians (Russia, 1987)
Ten Little Indians (USA, 1989)
The Mystery of the Ten Strangers (Spain, 2011)
And Then There Were None (UK, 2015)
And Then There Were None (Japan, 2017)
They Were Ten (France, 2021)
Sad Cypress (1939)
Sad Cypress (UK, Suchet, 2003)
I Am Not Guilty (France, Les Petits, 2010)
The Labours of Hercule (1940)
The Labours of Hercule (UK, Suchet, 2013)
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (UK, Suchet, 1992)
The Case of the Poisoned Zha Zhiang Noodles (China, arc in Checkmate, 2022)
Evil Under the Sun (1940)
Evil Under the Sun (UK, Ustinov, 1982)
Evil Under the Sun (UK, Suchet, 2001)
A Crazy Case (France, Les Petits, 2019)
N or M? (1941)
N or M? (UK, 2015)
The Body in the Library (1941)
The Body in the Library (UK, Hickson, 1984)
The Body in the Library (UK, McEwan, 2004)
The Body on the Pillow (France, Les Petits, 2011)
Five Little Pigs (1941)
Murder in Retrospect (Italy, 1980, based on the play)
Five Little Pigs (UK, Suchet, 2003)
Five Little Pigs (France, Les Petits, 2011)
Portrait (India, 2018)
Infidelity and Murder in the Wealthy Family (China, arc inside Checkmate, 2022)
The Moving Finger (1942)
The Moving Finger (UK, Hickson, 1985)
The Moving Finger (UK, McEwan, 2006)
The Poison Pen (France, Les Petits, 2009)
Toward Zero (1944)
Towards Zero (Italy, 1980)
Innocent Lies (France, 1995)
Towards Zero (UK, ITV’s Marple, 2007)
Zero Hour (France, 2007)
Zero Hour (France, Les Petits, 2019)
Towards Zero (UK, 2025)
Sparkling Cyanide (1945)
Sparkling Cyanide (USA, 1983)
Sparkling Cyanide (UK, 2003)
Champagne Murder (France, Les Petits, 2012)
The Hollow (1946)
The Hollow (UK, Suchet, 2004)
The Great Alibi (France, 2008)
The Hollow (France, Les Petits, 2012)
Taken at the Flood (1948)
Taken at the Flood (UK, Suchet, 2006)
The Ebb and the Flow (France, Les Petits, 2011)
Crooked House (1948)
Crooked House (UK, 2017)
A Murder Is Announced (1950)
A Murder Is Announced (UK, 1985, Hickson)
A Murder Is Announced (UK, 2005, McEwan)
Murder Party (France, Les Petits, 2015)
They Came to Baghdad (1951)
They Came to Baghdad (USA, 1952)
Mrs. McGinty’s Dead (1951)
Murder Most Foul (UK, Rutherford, 1964)
Mrs. McGinty’s Dead (UK, Suchet, 2008)
Miss Mac Ginty’s Dead (France, Les Petits, 2015)
They Do It with Mirrors (1952)
Murder Ahoy (UK, Rutherford, 1964)
Murder with Mirrors (USA, Hayes, 1985)
They Do It with Mirrors (UK, Hickson, 1991)
They Do It with Mirrors (UK, McKenzie, 2009)
Game of Mirrors (France, Les Petits, 2013)
The Mousetrap (1952)
Silently He Comes (India, 1960)
The Mousetrap (Lithuania, 1986)
See How They Run (USA, 2022)
After the Funeral (1953)
Murder at the Gallop (UK, Rutherford, 1963)
After the Funeral (UK, Suchet, 2006)
A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
The Secret of Blackbirds (Russia, 1983)
A Pocketful of Rye (UK, Hickson, 1985)
A Pocket Full of Rye (UK, McKenzie, 2009)
Witness for the Prosecution (1953) (short story and play)
Witness for the Prosecution (USA, 1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (USA, 1982)
The Witness for the Prosecution (UK, 2016)
Spider’s Web (1954)
The Spider’s Web (UK, 1960)
The Spider’s Web (Italy, 1980)
Spider’s Web (UK, 1982)
Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)
Hickory Dickory Dock (UK, Suchet, 1995)
Boarding House Vanilos (France, Les Petits, 2015)
Dead Man’s Folly (1956)
Dead Man’s Folly (USA, Ustinov, 1986)
Dead Man’s Folly (UK, Suchet, 2013)
4:50 From Paddington (1957)
Murder, She Said (UK, Rutherford, 1961)
4:50 from Paddington (UK, Hickson, 1987)
4:50 from Paddington (UK, McEwan, 2004)
4:50 From Paddington (Japan, anime, 2005)
Crime is Our Business (France, 2008)
4:50 from Paddington: Night Express Train Murder (Japan, 2018)
Ordeal By Innocence (1958)
Ordeal By Innocence (USA, 1984)
Ordeal By Innocence (UK, ITV Marple, 2007)
Eeny Meenie Miney Moe (France, Les Petits, 2009)
Ordeal By Innocence (UK, 2018)
The Unexpected Guest (1958)
Mist (Indai, 1973)
The McGregor Case (Estonia, 1991)
In the Next 24 Hours (India, 2019)
Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
Cat Among the Pigeons (UK, Suchet, 2008)
The Cat and the Mice (France, Les Petits, 2010)
The Case of the Haunted Girl’s School (China, Checkmate arc, 2022)
The Pale Horse (1961)
The Pale Horse (UK, 1997)
The Pale Horse (UK, ITV Marple, 2010)
The Pale Horse (France, Les Petits, 2016)
The Pale Horse (UK, 2020)
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (1962)
The Mirror Crack’d (UK, Lansbury, 1980)
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (UK, Hickson, 1992)
The First Shoot (India, Raakhee, 2003)
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (UK, McKenzie, 2010)
The Mirror Crack’d (France, Les Petits, 2018)
The Great Actress Murder Case (Japan, 2018)
The Clocks (1963)
The Clocks (UK, Suchet, 2011)
A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
A Caribbean Mystery (USA, Hayes, 1983)
A Caribbean Mystery (UK, Hickson, 1989)
A Caribbean Mystery (UK, McKenzie, 2013)
Albert Major Talks Too Much (France, Les Petits, 2016)
At Betram’s Hotel (1965)
At Betram’s Hotel (UK, Hickson, 1987)
At Bertram’s Hotel (UK, McEwan, 2007)
Third Girl (1966)
Third Girl (UK, Suchet, 2008)
High Fashion Crimes (France, Les Petits, 2017)
Endless Night (1967)
Endless Night (UK, 1972)
Now or Never (Aar Ya Paar) (India, 1997)
Endless Night (UK, ITV Marple, 2013)
Endless Night (France, Les Petits, 2021)
Endless Night (UK, Sarah Phelps, 2027?)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)
My Little Finger Told Me (France, 2005)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (UK, ITV Marple, 2006)
Hallowe’en Party (1969)
Hallowe’en Party (UK, Suchet, 2010)
Murder at the Fair (France, Les Petits, 2014)
A Haunting in Venice (USA, Branagh, 2023)
Passenger to Frankfurt (1970)
Never filmed
Nemesis (1971)
Nemesis (UK, Hickson, 1987)
Nemesis (UK, McEwan, 2018)
Elephants Can Remember (1972)
Alone (Thailand, 2007)
Elephants Can Remember (UK, Suchet, 2007)
Postern of Fate (1973)
Never filmed
Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case (1975)
Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case (UK, Suchet, 2013)
Sleeping Murder (1976)
Sleeping Murder (UK, Hickson, 1987)
Sleeping Murder (Japan, anime, 2005)
Sleeping Murder (UK, McEwan, 2006)
Sleeping Murder (France, Les Petits, 2012)