The most competent film adaption of the story as a serious mystery

So-so German/Spanish/British/Italian co-production about the famous Agatha Christie novel

Shirley Eaton in Ten Little Indians (1965)

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

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)

Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud, Carrie Fisher, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Peter Ustinov, Jenny Seagrove, and David Soul in Appointment with Death (1988)

Austin Trevor in Lord Edgware Dies (1934)

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your host speaking. My name is U.N. Owen. I have brought you here to charge you with the following crimes: General André Salvé, Croix de Guerre, that you achieved honor from dishonor and sent five men to their certain deaths. Ilona Morgan, actress, that you did bring about the death of your husband in a most cold-blooded and ruthless manner. Doctor Edward Armstrong, that you did kill Mrs. Ivy Benson and betray your sacred trust. Michel Raven, entertainer, that you were guilty of the murder of William and Lisa Stern, whose bodies, when they were found, were almost unrecognizable. Vera Clyde, secretary, that you murdered your sister's fiancee, Richard Barclay, by slow, deliberate poison. Hugh Lombard, that you were guilty of the death of Jennifer Hayes, who was to bear your child. Arthur Cannon, judge of the Queen's bench, that you were responsible for the death of an innocent man, one Edward Seton, who was hanged according to your judgment. Wilhelm Blore, that by perjured testimony, you sent Kord Landor to a cold and lonely death in a prison cell. Otto and Elsa Martino, that you maliciously and brutally caused the death of your invalid employer for your own financial gain. Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defense?

Stéphane Audran in Ten Little Indians (1974)

Oliver Reed and Elke Sommer in Ten Little Indians (1974)

Alberto de Mendoza and Maria Rohm in Ten Little Indians (1974)

Charles Aznavour in Ten Little Indians (1974)

Richard Attenborough in Ten Little Indians (1974)

Oliver Reed

Elke Sommer

Richard Attenborough

Harry Alan Towers

Erich Kröhnke

Enrique Llovet

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

Peter Collinson

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Very enjoyable mystery

This is the fourth remake of &quot;Ten Little Indians&quot; (There is a live television version of the story that aired in 1959.)I actually found this version of the story quite good.(even buying it against the advice of the previous reviews to avoid it like the plague!) The performances of the main actors in the cast could be stronger, but they were good enough that the unmasking of the murderer is a surprise(Although I knew which character it was from the start, having previously seen the 1989 version with Donald Pleasence and Herbert Lom-who is also in the 1989 version as a different character!) The setting has moved from an island mansion to an Iranian hotel. (Which isn&apos;t a bad idea at all) and the time frame has been moved to the 1970s. Oliver Reed leads the cast as the suspicious Lombard, Elke Sommer is his love interest, And Richard Attenbourough is inspired casting as the hanging Judge.Attenbourough,however, is not the only great casting idea. Herbert Lom is also a great choice as the formerly alcoholic Doctor Armstrong. The movie also features previous James Bond villains Gert Frobe as Blore, and Adolfo Celi as the General. The basic plot (for those who aren&apos;t familiar with it) Is this: Ten people, who are strangers to each other, are invited to a &quot;Party&quot; for different reasons. They are later accused (from a tape voiced by Orson Welles) of crimes that they have committed that they have (according to their &quot;Host&quot;)gotten away with. After a few of them are picked off, according to the nursery rhyme &quot;Ten Little Indians&quot; the remaining survivors realize that the killer is one of them. Faced with that fact, the remaining number must try to figure out which of them is the guilty one, before the killer can say.......&quot;And then There Were None&quot;

Definitely worth a look.

8/10 or *** out of ****

Official Trailer

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This is the fourth remake of "Ten Little Indians" (There is a live television version of the story that aired in 1959.)I actually found this version of the story quite good.(even buying it against the advice of the previous reviews to avoid it like the plague!) The performances of the main actors in the cast could be stronger, but they were good enough that the unmasking of the murderer is a surprise(Although I knew which character it was from the start, having previously seen the 1989 version with Donald Pleasence and Herbert Lom-who is also in the 1989 version as a different character!) The setting has moved from an island mansion to an Iranian hotel. (Which isn't a bad idea at all) and the time frame has been moved to the 1970s. Oliver Reed leads the cast as the suspicious Lombard, Elke Sommer is his love interest, And Richard Attenbourough is inspired casting as the hanging Judge.Attenbourough,however, is not the only great casting idea. Herbert Lom is also a great choice as the formerly alcoholic Doctor Armstrong. The movie also features previous James Bond villains Gert Frobe as Blore, and Adolfo Celi as the General. The basic plot (for those who aren't familiar with it) Is this: Ten people, who are strangers to each other, are invited to a "Party" for different reasons. They are later accused (from a tape voiced by Orson Welles) of crimes that they have committed that they have (according to their "Host")gotten away with. After a few of them are picked off, according to the nursery rhyme "Ten Little Indians" the remaining survivors realize that the killer is one of them. Faced with that fact, the remaining number must try to figure out which of them is the guilty one, before the killer can say......."And then There Were None"

Definitely worth a look.

8/10 or *** out of ****

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