Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.
- 7.0
- 1945
- Released
- 1h 38m
Barry Fitzgerald
Francis Quinncannon
Walter Huston
Edward Armstrong
Louis Hayward
Philip Lombard
Roland Young
William Blore
June Duprez
Vera Claythorne
Mischa Auer
Nikita "Nikki" Starloff
C. Aubrey Smith
John Mandrake
Judith Anderson
Emily Brent
Richard Haydn
Thomas Rogers
Queenie Leonard
Ethel Rogers
Harry Thurston
Fred Narracott
Released
en
$1,000,000.00
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- #cat
- #guest
- #fisherman
- #whodunit
- #dinner
- #doctor
- #power outage
- #record
- #nursery rhyme
- #record player
- #duplicity
- #mystery killer
- #scheming
- #mind game
- #devon
Reviews
This is a superbly directed (by René Clair) adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's more intriguing murder mysteries that I don't think has been surpassed in the 75-odd years since it first hit the screen. A great ensemble cast are invited to weekend on a remote island by a couple they have never met. Once on the island, their host - by way of a record - accuses each of them of committing heinous c
If you enjoy this review, please check out my blog, Old Hat Cinema, at https://oldhatcinema.medium.com/ for more reviews and other cool content. And then there were...too many. From Agatha Christie’s highly acclaimed novel, originally published as Ten Little Indians, comes this mediocre “thriller”. With an all-star cast, including Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Houston, Louis Hayward, and Roland Y