low-budget Harry Alan Towers adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic, great cast!

Good adaptation of a classic murder mystery

ten people gathered in an isolated mansion in winter are killed one by one

Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Walter Huston, C. Aubrey Smith, and Roland Young in And Then There Were None (1945)

Constance Dowling and Chester Morris in Blind Spot (1947)

Donald Pleasence, Herbert Lom, Warren Berlinger, Paul L. Smith, Frank Stallone, Sarah Maur Ward, and Brenda Vaccaro in Ten Little Indians (1989)

Marion Davies and Robert Montgomery in Ever Since Eve (1937)

Robert Young and Betsy Drake in The Second Woman (1950)

Shirley Eaton in Ten Little Indians (1965)

Now come the alibis! What's yours, doctor?

I resent that, Blore! I am a professional man!

My dear doctor, that proves less than nothing. Doctors have gone mad before. Judges have gone mad. So have policemen, and, if I may say so,

Frequently. In fact, some say the sane ones are in the minority.

Shirley Eaton and Hugh O'Brian in Ten Little Indians (1965)

Mario Adorf, Shirley Eaton, Leo Genn, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Daliah Lavi, Hugh O'Brian, and Dennis Price in Ten Little Indians (1965)

Wilfrid Hyde-White and Dennis Price in Ten Little Indians (1965)

Mario Adorf, Shirley Eaton, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Daliah Lavi, Hugh O'Brian, and Dennis Price in Ten Little Indians (1965)

Hugh O&apos;Brian

Shirley Eaton

Fabian

Peter Yeldham

Harry Alan Towers

Agatha Christie

Ten people are invited to a luxury mountaintop mansion, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

George Pollock

Ten Little Indians

It&apos;s only fair to mention that I saw the 1945 adaptation of this same story before seeing this film, so obviously the plot and characters were very familiar to me before watching. There were some changes between the two versions, however, which helps to keep things fresh...although most of the changes were for the worst. Rather than being set on island, this version sets the story on top of a snow covered mountain; while several of the characters have either had their professions changed or have been made younger than in the earlier version. The film does at least stick more rigidly to the nursery rhyme at the centre of the story. The basis of the story is the same as in previous versions, however, and we focus on ten people that have been invited to stay at a house owned by a Mr U. N. Owns. Shortly after their arrival they are played a tape made by the mysterious host; accusing them all of murder. One by one they are picked off and it&apos;s not long before the remaining guests realise that their host is amongst them.

The film feels very upper class and all the guests are well dressed and polite. The script is very similar to the earlier adaptation and so I would imagine that both versions stick very closely to the original literature. The cast is rather good and each actor fits into their role well. Standouts for me include Daliah Lavi, who plays an actress and is very sexy - and Mario Adorf who plays the butler. Eurocrime fans may recognise him as the pimp from the masterpiece The Italian Connection. The deaths are rather well handled and we see a bit more than we did in the earlier version; although &apos;less is more&apos; is still very much the order of the day. Deaths include stabbing, falling off a cliff and someone has a stuffed bear dropped on their head. I was hoping that the film may have changed the ending, but unfortunately it sticks to the original story on this point so it wasn&apos;t much of a surprise for me. Still, this is a rather decent adaptation of the classic story; although I&apos;d certainly recommend 1945&apos;s And Then There Were None over this version.

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It's only fair to mention that I saw the 1945 adaptation of this same story before seeing this film, so obviously the plot and characters were very familiar to me before watching. There were some changes between the two versions, however, which helps to keep things fresh...although most of the changes were for the worst. Rather than being set on island, this version sets the story on top of a snow covered mountain; while several of the characters have either had their professions changed or have been made younger than in the earlier version. The film does at least stick more rigidly to the nursery rhyme at the centre of the story. The basis of the story is the same as in previous versions, however, and we focus on ten people that have been invited to stay at a house owned by a Mr U. N. Owns. Shortly after their arrival they are played a tape made by the mysterious host; accusing them all of murder. One by one they are picked off and it's not long before the remaining guests realise that their host is amongst them.

The film feels very upper class and all the guests are well dressed and polite. The script is very similar to the earlier adaptation and so I would imagine that both versions stick very closely to the original literature. The cast is rather good and each actor fits into their role well. Standouts for me include Daliah Lavi, who plays an actress and is very sexy - and Mario Adorf who plays the butler. Eurocrime fans may recognise him as the pimp from the masterpiece The Italian Connection. The deaths are rather well handled and we see a bit more than we did in the earlier version; although 'less is more' is still very much the order of the day. Deaths include stabbing, falling off a cliff and someone has a stuffed bear dropped on their head. I was hoping that the film may have changed the ending, but unfortunately it sticks to the original story on this point so it wasn't much of a surprise for me. Still, this is a rather decent adaptation of the classic story; although I'd certainly recommend 1945's And Then There Were None over this version.

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