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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Tony Wharmby

Tony Wharmby is known for adapting Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, the book by Agatha Christie published in 2014, for cinema.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the 1934 book
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Agatha Christie, 1934
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
John Davies, Tony Wharmby, 1980

This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the mystery behind a tale of murder, suspense and false identities. And the only clues the two have to go on are the puzzling last words of a dying man.