Alibi (1931 film)

1931 British film by Leslie S. Hiscott

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

Alibi

Directed by| Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by| H. Fowler Mear
Based on| The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
1926 novel
by Agatha Christie
1928 Alibi (play) by Michael Morton
Produced by| Julius Hagen
Starring|

* Austin Trevor
* Franklin Dyall
* Elizabeth Allan
* John Deverell

Cinematography| Sydney Blythe
Music by| John Greenwood

Production
company

Twickenham Film Studios

Distributed by| Woolf & Freedman Film Service

Release date

* 1931 (1931)

Running time

| 75 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Alibi is a 1931 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 1926 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.

It is now considered to be a lost film.[2]

## Cast

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* 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 as Flora Ackroyd
* Earl Grey

## References

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1. ^ IMDB entry
2. ^ Aldridge p.20

## Bibliography

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* Aldridge, Mark. Agatha Christie on Screen. Springer, 2016.

## External links

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* Alibi at IMDb

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Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot

Characters|

* Hercule Poirot
* Arthur Hastings
* Inspector Japp
* Ariadne Oliver
* Recurring

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)

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Short stories|

* 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)

Continuations
by Sophie Hannah|

* The Monogram Murders (2014)
* Closed Casket (2016)
* The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018)
* The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (2020)

Films|

| Austin Trevor|

* Alibi (1931)
* Black Coffee (1931)
* Lord Edgware Dies (1934)

|

Peter Ustinov|

* Death on the Nile (1978)
* Evil Under the Sun (1982)
* Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
* Dead Man's Folly (1986)
* Murder in Three Acts (1986)
* Appointment with Death (1988)

Kenneth Branagh|

* Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
* Death on the Nile (2022)
* A Haunting in Venice (2023)
* soundtrack

Other|

* The Alphabet Murders (1965)
* Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Television|

* Wasp's Nest (1937)
* Poirot (1989–2013)
* episodes
* Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
* Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004–2005)
* The ABC Murders (2018)

Plays|

* Alibi (1928)
* Black Coffee (1930)
* Peril at End House (1940)

Video games|

* Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (2006)
* Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun (2007)
* Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2009)
* Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2016)

Other adaptations|

* The Yellow Iris (1937, radio)
* Orient Express (1985, board game)
* Hercule Poirot (1985–2007, radio)

See also|

* Agatha Christie's fictional universe
* List of actors who have played Hercule Poirot

* Category

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Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott

Feature films|

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

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