The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christieliterary work· published 1926
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Belgian Inspector Hercule Poirot has retired to the countryside in the small English village of King's Abbot. Dr. Sheppard, observing his new neighbor, is sure that he must be a former hairdresser. But the brutal murder of a local squire reveals the truth: the peculiar little man is actually a detective par excellence. The Murder of the wealthy industrialist Roger Ackroyd begins the night before with the suicide of Mrs. Ferrars, a wealthy widow. Her death is believed to be an accident, until Roger Ackroyd is stabbed to death in his locked study. There are rumors she poisoned her first husband, rumors that she was being blackmailed, rumors that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd, a man who knew too much, but no one is sure.
Adaptations (3)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd has been adapted 3 times, across film, television film, and television series, from 1931 to 2002. The most recent is Neudacha Puaro (2002).
Alibi1931 · film · 75 min · dir. Leslie S. Hiscott · IMDb ↗IMDb7.0Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd2000 · television film · 99 min · dir. Andrew Grieve · IMDb ↗Poirot comes out of retirement when his industrialist friend is brutally murdered a short while after a local widow who was suspected of killing her husband commits suicide.
Neudacha Puaro2002 · television series · 260 min · IMDb ↗IMDb6.8A film adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd." The owner of the mansion, Roger Ackroyd, was killed in his own office. The investigation is conducted by two - a local inspector and Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Everyone is suspected: nephew, household, servants, guests. Everyone has an alibi and everyone conceals something, but at the same time hopes for Poirot and a fair outcome of the investigation. All but the true killer. But Poirot is not in a hurry, he patiently accumulates facts, gets rid of contradictions, frees everyone from a burdensome secret and remains face to face with the killer, facts, logic and a difficult human feeling - disappointment ...
