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The episode reviews the 1947 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'Love from a Stranger' and discusses its origins and adaptations.

Warning: SPOILERS! We’re back to Agatha Christie this week. We’re watching “Love from a Stranger.” Based on the short story “Philomel House” and a play Christie wrote, the play was rewritten by Frank Vosper but published with his sole credit. “Agatha Christie, They Watch” reviews the adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels in their order of publication. Teresa Peschel, author of "Agatha Christie, She Watched" and the "International Agatha Christie, She Watched," hosts our livestream. Joining Teresa is her husband, technical adviser, and straight man, Bill Peschel. Together, they are Peschel Press, publisher of intriguing, intelligent, and idiosyncratic books (www.peschelpress.com). HOW TO SEE THIS MOVIE: “Love from a Stranger” (1947) on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aFmMGcbC2pY NEXT WEEK: The third and last version of “Love From A Stranger,” titled “Ein Fremder klopft an” (“A Stranger Knocks”), is the 1967 German tv version with AI-created subtitles. HOW TO SEE IT: YouTube: https://youtu.be/whw95ux9WVE WHERE TO FIND US Peschel Press: www.peschelpress.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peschel_press/ LOOK UP OUR BOOKS “Agatha Christie, She Watched” is our…

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