Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (And Then There Were None) (1965)
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The third of many film and TV adaptations of the popular Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians is the title of the American edition, the hit play, and most of the movies), this 1965 version moves the action from a remote island to an isolated ski resort and otherwise… More The third of many film and TV adaptations of the popular Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians is the title of the American edition, the hit play, and most of the movies), this 1965 version moves the action from a remote island to an isolated ski resort and otherwise rearranges the plot. The basic premise, however, remains the same. Ten strangers, eight of them guests and two of them servants, are lured to a dinner party and then trapped there to be killed one at a time by an unseen host who wishes to punish them for their disparate perceived crimes. The old nursery rhyme provides both the framing device, and, in the source material, the method of execution for each victim. In this version, however, the revised murder scenes include a hapless servant (Marianne Hoppe) falling to her death from a booby-trapped ski lift. Ten Little Indians features a varied cast that ranges from future Bond girls Shirley Eaton and Daliah Lavi to former teen idol Fabian and former Wyatt Earp TV star Hugh O'Brian. It also reunites My Fair Lady co-stars Stanley Holloway and Wilfrid Hyde-White. The film was the final directorial effort of George Pollock, who had previously helmed several adaptations of Christie's popular Miss Marple mysteries, starting with 1962's Murder, She Said. Christopher Lee makes an uncredited appearance as the recorded voice of absentee host/villain Mr. Owen. Despite its mountain setting, the picture was filmed in Ireland. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Pollock
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1965 Wide
Critic Reviews
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
The production design is efficient rather than elaborate; the acting is capable rather than inspired; the direction is workmanlike rather than inventive.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...a capable if somewhat lackluster run-through.
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Cast
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Hugh O'Brian
as Hugh Lombard
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Shirley Eaton
as Ann Clyde
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Fabian
as Mike Raven
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Leo Genn
as Gen. Mandrake
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Stanley Holloway
as William Blore
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Marianne Hoppe
as Frau Grohmann
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Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Judge Cannon
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Daliah Lavi
as Ilona Bergen
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Dennis Price
as Dr. Armstrong
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Mario Adorf
as Herr Grohmann
