

Zanuck cast him as Sherlock Holmes based on this performance. (According to Rathbone, producer Darryl F. The story, from one of Christie’s peak creative periods, is an atmospheric thriller starring Basil Rathbone and Ann Harding, as his imperiled bride. (In her Autobiography, Christie, who died in 1976, found fault with just about all of the film adaptations.)īased on her short story “Philomel Cottage,” Love From a Stranger was made in England in 1937.

Her stories, novels and plays have also been adapted into numerous movies.

She wrote the longest continuously running play in modern history, The Mousetrap, and also excelled in writing radio plays. Dame Agatha Christie didn’t just rule a publishing empire, she conquered other media as well.
