 The novel was made into a 1931 Broadway play and a 1932 film, both starring Charles Laughton as William Marble.The character of John is written out of both play and film.A three-part radio adaption of "Payment Deferred", "Plain Murder" and "The Pursued", adapted by Paul Mendelson and directed and produced by David Neville, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014, most recently repeated on Radio 4 Extra in March 2019.