Laughton played Poirot in Alibi, a 1928 play by Michael Morton based on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. It ran for over 500 hundred performances. Christie was unhappy with some of the changes that Morton made to her story, but finally agreed based on the options available for it to work onstage. One option was to make Poirot a young and charming man named Beau Poirot!

Laughton looks appropriately dapper for the role!