The play has been adapted to film or television at least eleven times, including:
- A 1948 British television film, produced by Harold Clayton[27]
- A 1954 British film, directed by Guy Hamilton
- A 1965 Bengali film, Thana Theke Aschi, directed by Hiren Nag.
- A 1979 Soviet film, Inspektor Gull, by A. Proshkin.
- A 1983 Swiss film, E Inspäkter chunnt, directed by Bruno Kaspar
- A 1982 British television serial, directed by Michael Simpson
- A 2010 Bengali film, Thana Theke Aschi directed by Saron Dutta
- A 2015 Hong Kong film, directed by Raymond Wong and Herman Yau
- A 2015 British television film, directed by Aisling Walsh
- A 2018 British film, directed by Jason Farries
- A 2022 play at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre