I Killed the Count
1937 play by Alec Coppel
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I Killed the Count is a 1937 play by Alec Coppel. Its success launched Coppel's career.[1]
Written byAlec Coppel
Date premiered10 December 1937
Place premieredWhitehall Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
| I Killed the Count | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Alec Coppel |
| Date premiered | 10 December 1937 |
| Place premiered | Whitehall Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
| Setting | London |
1937 London production
Cast
- Eric Maturin as Count Victor Mattoni
- Athole Stewart as Viscount Sorrington
- Alec Clunes as Detective Raines
- Anthony Hollesas Samuel Diamond
- Kathleen Harrison as Polly
- George Merritt as Divisional Inspector Davidson
- Meriel Forbes as Renee La Lune
- Barbara Francis as Louise Rogers
- Edward Petley as Johnson
- Hugh E. Wright as Mullet
- Anthony Bushell as Bernard K. Froy
- John Oxford as PC Clifton
- Frederick Cooper as Martin.
1942 Broadway production
1939 novelisation
A novelisation of the play was published in 1939.[4]
1939 film adaptation
Radio adaptations
The play was adapted for Australian radio in 1941. Max Afford did the adaptation.[5][6]
It was also adapted for BBC radio in 1938, 1945,[7] 1950 (with Jack Hulbert), and 1962.
1948 BBC TV adaptation
A second adaptation I Killed the Count was made by the BBC in 1948.[8] It was directed by Ian Atkins.
- Freda Bamford as Polly
- Philip Leaver as Count Victor Mattoni
- Frederick Bradshaw as Detective Sergeant Raines
- Frank Foster as Detective Inspector Davidson
- Erik Chitty as Martin
- Diarmuid Kelly as P.C. Clifton
- Olga Edwardes as Louise Rogers
- Mildred Shay as Renee la Lune
- Val Norton as Samuel Diamond
- Howard Douglas as Johnson
- Arthur Goulett
- Guy Kingsley Poynter as Bernard K. Froy
- Bruce Belfrage as Viscount Sorrington
1956 ITV TV adaptation
The play was adapted by ITV in 1956.[9] The cast included Terence Alexander and Honor Blackman.
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents version
1959 Belgian TV version
The play was adapted for Belgian TV in 1959.[10]
