''I Killed the Count'' is a 1937 play by

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. Its success launched Coppel's career.

1937 London production

Cast

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as Count Victor Mattoni *

Athole Stewart Athole Chalmers Stewart (25 June 1879 – 18 October 1940) was a British stage and latterly film actor, often in authoritarian or aristocratic roles. On stage, he played in the original production of Noël Coward's '' Hay Fever'' at the Ambassa ...

as Viscount Sorrington *

Alec Clunes Alexander Sheriff de Moro Clunes (17 May 1912 – 13 March 1970) was an English actor and theatrical manager. Among the plays he presented were Christopher Fry's ''The Lady's Not For Burning''. He gave the actor and dramatist Peter Ustinov h ...

as Detective Raines * Anthony Hollesas Samuel Diamond *

Kathleen Harrison Kathleen Harrison (23 February 1892 – 7 December 1995) was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett (opposite Jack Warner and Petula Clark) in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working ...

as Polly * George Merritt as Divisional Inspector Davidson *

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as Renee La Lune *Barbara Francis as Louise Rogers *Edward Petley as Johnson * Hugh E. Wright as Mullet *

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as Bernard K. Froy *John Oxford as PC Clifton *Frederick Cooper as Martin.

1942 Broadway production

The play was produced on Broadway in 1942.

1939 novelisation

A novelisation of the play was published in 1939.

1939 film adaptation

Radio adaptations

The play was adapted for Australian radio in 1941.

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did the adaptation. It was also adapted for BBC radio in 1945.

1948 BBC TV adaptation

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in 1948.

1956 ITV TV adaptation

The play was adapted by ITV in 1956.

1957 ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' version

The play was also adapted as a three-parter on TV's ''

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1959 Belgian TV version

The play was adapted for Belgian TV in 1959.1959 Belgian TV version
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References

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