Alibi (1931 film)

For the 1929 US film, see Alibi (1929 film).

Alibi

Directed by	Leslie S. Hiscott
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Written by	Agatha Christie (novel) Michael Morton (play) H. Fowler Mear
Starring	Austin Trevor Franklin Dyall Elizabeth Allan John Deverell
Music by	John Greenwood
Cinematography	Sydney Blythe
Production company	Twickenham Film Studios
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates	1931
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Alibi (1931) is a British mystery detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Austin Trevor, Franklin Dyall, and Elizabeth Allan.^[1]

The film was adapted from the 1928 play Alibi by Michael Morton which was in turn based on the Agatha Christie novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd featuring her famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

Austin Trevor once claimed he was cast as Poirot because he could speak with a French accent. It was the first of three Poirot adaptations made by Twickenham Film Studios in the 1930s, followed by Black Coffee the same year, and Lord Edgware Dies in 1934, all starring Trevor as Poirot. He later appeared in The Alphabet Murders, a 1965 Christie film, playing a minor role.

Cast

Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot
Franklin Dyall as Sir Roger Ackroyd
Elizabeth Allan as Ursula Browne
J.H. Roberts as Dr. Sheppard
John Deverell as Lord Halliford
Ronald Ward as Ralph Ackroyd
Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Ackroyd
Mercia Swinburne as Caryll Sheppard
Harvey Braban as Inspector Davis
Clare Greet
Diana Beaumont
Earl Grey

References

↑ IMDB entry

External links

Alibi (1931) at IMDB

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot

Characters

Books

Novels	The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) The Murder on the Links (1923) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) The Big Four (1927) The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) Peril at End House (1932) Lord Edgware Dies (1933) Murder on the Orient Express (1934) Three Act Tragedy (1934) Death in the Clouds (1935) The A.B.C. Murders (1936) Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) Cards on the Table (1936) Dumb Witness (1937) Death on the Nile (1937) Appointment with Death (1938) Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938) Sad Cypress (1940) One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940) Evil Under the Sun (1941) Five Little Pigs (1942) The Hollow (1946) Taken at the Flood (1948) Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952) After the Funeral (1953) Hickory Dickory Dock (1955) Dead Man's Folly (1956) Cat Among the Pigeons (1959) The Clocks (1963) Third Girl (1966) Hallowe'en Party (1969) Elephants Can Remember (1972) Curtain (1975)

Short story collections	Poirot Investigates (1924) Murder in the Mews (1937) The Regatta Mystery (1939) The Labours of Hercules (1947) The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948) Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950) The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951) The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960) Double Sin and Other Stories (1961) Poirot's Early Cases (1974) Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991) The Harlequin Tea Set (1997) While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997)

Film adaptations

Plays

Alibi (1928)
Black Coffee (1930)
Peril at End House (1932)
Wasp's Nest (1937)
The Yellow Iris (1937, radio)

Television
adaptations

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
Murder in Three Acts (1986)
Murder by the Book (1986)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013)
- Episodes
Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004–05)

Video games

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (2006)
Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (2007)
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun (2007)
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2009)

See also

Category

The films of Leslie S. Hiscott

Feature Films The Marriage Business (1927) S.O.S. (1928) The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928) Ringing the Changes (1929) The Feather (1929) Call of the Sea (1930) The House of the Arrow (1930) At the Villa Rose (1930) The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) Brown Sugar (1931) Alibi (1931) Black Coffee (1931) Night in Montmartre (1931) When London Sleeps (1932) A Tight Corner (1932) A Safe Proposition (1932) Once Bitten (1932) Murder at Covent Garden (1932) The Missing Rembrandt (1932) The Crooked Lady (1932) Double Dealing (1932) The Face at the Window (1932) That's My Wife (1933) Strike It Rich (1933) The Stolen Necklace (1933) Out of the Past (1933) Marooned (1933) The Iron Stair (1933) I'll Stick to You (1933) His Grace Gives Notice (1933) Yes, Madam (1933) The Melody-Maker (1933) Cleaning Up (1933) The Stickpin (1933) Great Stuff (1933) Keep It Quiet (1934) Passing Shadows (1934) Flat Number Three (1934) The Man I Want (1934) Gay Love (1934) Crazy People (1934) She Shall Have Music (1935) A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) The Big Splash (1935) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) Annie, Leave the Room! (1935) Three Witnesses (1935) Inside the Room (1935) Death on the Set (1935) Department Store (1935) The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936) Fame (1936) Millions (1937) Fine Feathers (1937) Ship's Concert (1937) Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940) The Seventh Survivor (1941) Sabotage at Sea (1942) Lady from Lisbon (1942) The Butler's Dilemma (1943) Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) The Time of His Life (1955) Tons of Trouble (1956)

Short Films Raising the Wind (1925) A Friend of Cupid (1925) A Fowl Proceeding (1925) Cats (1925) Billets (1925)

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