The first motion picture to feature the character Hercule Poirot.
It is now considered to be a lost film.
This dramatization of Christie's novel was first produced on stage in London with Charles Laughton playing Hercule Poirot.
Based on Agatha Christie's "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (first published in 1926), containing basically the same plot and most of the major characters but with the name changed for the film title. Made for television as The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2000).