I Killed the Count
I Killed the Count is a 1937 play by Alec Coppel. Its success launched Coppel's career. 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

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. Max Afford did the adaptation. It was also adapted for BBC radio in 1938, 1945, 1950 (with Jack Hulbert), and 1962. 1948 BBC TV adaptation
A second adaptation I Killed the Count was made by the BBC in 1948. 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. The cast included Terence Alexander and Honor Blackman. 1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents version
The play was also adapted as a three-parter on TV's Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 1959 Belgian TV version
The play was adapted for Belgian TV in 1959. References

External links
 
 
 
 I Killed the Count at the British Film Institute
 
 
 Who is Guilty? review at Motion Picture Daily
 Who is Guilty? review at Film Daily
 

1937 plays
West End plays
Plays by Alec Coppel
British plays adapted into films
Novels by Alec Coppel