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.
Top Billed Cast
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
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B barrymostVerified TMDB Critic
2019-09-28
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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 Young, and directed by Rene Clair, you’d think you were in for one of the all-time great mystery thrillers of the ‘40’s. Especially considering the material it came from: Christie’s exper...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2022-07-01
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 crimes; then slowly - but surely - they start to drop like flies. I suppose I have to warn that in the vernacular of the 2020s, this film contains language and terminology that we might find offensive...
