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And Then There Were None is a 1945 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1939 mystery novel of the same name, directed by René Clair. It was released in the United Kingdom as Ten Little Indians, in keeping with the third United Kingdom title of Christie's novel.
And Then There Were None: Directed by René Clair. With Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young. Seven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one.
Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime.
Judge Quincannon is accused of sentencing to death an innocent man. Dr. Armstrong is accused of causing a patient's death. Lombard, an adventurer, is accused of allowing a group of native people to be massacred in Africa. Vera Claythorne is accused of the death of her sister's fiance.
And Then There Were None (1974), the first English-language colour version, directed by Peter Collinson and produced by Harry Alan Towers. Based on a screenplay by Towers (writing as "Peter Welbeck"), who co-wrote the screenplay for the 1965 film. Set at a grand hotel in the Iranian desert.
French director and producer René Clair's film noir murder mystery And There Were None (1945) crafts an enthralling adaptation of author Agatha Christie.
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In 1939, as the world teeters on the brink of war, 10 strangers are persuaded to retreat from their troubled lives to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. When they are cut off from the mainland by a storm, the true reason for their presence soon becomes horribly clear.
And Then There Were None was hardly the first old dark house thriller. But it represents the apex of this sub-genre. Watch it, and Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Candlestick will never be the same. By Jay Carr
Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime.
And Then There Were None, American thriller film, released in 1945, that was an adaptation of a classic suspense story by Agatha Christie. Ten people (eight guests and two servants) are invited by a mysterious host to join him for a weekend on an isolated island.
