The Strange Case of Peter the Lett Woodward as "Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett"; and in 2014 by David Bellos as "Pietr the Latvian". The story has been adapted for television three times: In English in 1963 (with Rupert Davies in the main role); in Dutch in 1967 (Jan Teulings); and in French in 1972 (Jean Richard). The Strange Case of Peter the Lett The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1931) (), a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, is the very first novel to feature Inspector Jules Maigret who would later feature in more than a hundred stories by Simenon and who has
Sleuth (2007 film) Sleuth (2007 film) Sleuth is a 2007 British-American thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Jude Law and Michael Caine. The screenplay by Harold Pinter is an adaptation of Anthony Shaffer's Tony Award-winning play "Sleuth". Caine had previously starred in a 1972 version, where he played Law's role against Laurence Olivier. At his country estate, a writer matches wits with an actor who has stolen his wife's heart involving mind games and tricks. The film's screenwriter, Harold Pinter, credited as "Man on TV", is seen on a television in the background interviewing another man, played by an uncredited Kenneth