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And Then There Were None [VHS] [1945]

VHS ~ Barry Fitzgerald
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young, June Duprez
  • Directors: René Clair
  • Writers: Agatha Christie, Dudley Nichols
  • Producers: René Clair, Harry M. Popkin, Leo C. Popkin
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Mpic Video
  • VHS Release Date: 25 Feb 2002
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005UPOG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,599 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

At first glance, René Clair might seem an odd match for Agatha Christie's mystery thriller And Then There Were None, but his buoyant touch is exactly what is missing from so many overly solemn remakes. Ten strangers gather for a mysterious gathering on a secluded island. It turns out to be a farewell party, for they have all been sentenced to die for crimes in their past by a self-appointed judge, jury and executioner who could be one of them. One by one, the guests are systematically dispatched as described in the lyrics of the children's rhyme "Ten Little Indians", while the survivors nervously eye one another, splintering into tenuous alliances until the next murder throws suspicion on someone new. A terrific cast of character actors have a ball with Dudley Nichols's witty script. The flamboyant sparring of Barry Fitzgerald (whose paternal Irish lilt takes a sinister dimension) and Walter Huston is almost upstaged by Roland Young's deadpan drollery. Romantic leads Louis Hayward and June Duprez come off as arch and stiff in a company that includes a sinisterly detached Judith Anderson, a dotty and distracted C Aubrey Smith, and a hilariously flippant Mischa Auer. The story has been remade numerous times under the title of Christie's novel, Ten Little Indians, but never as well as this 1945 version. Clair's effervescent, lively little gem is a fatal drawing-room comedy with a body count and a surreal mood of doom. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com


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The Agatha Christie classic in which ten people find themselves in an isolated spot and one-by-one someone in the group is killing the others.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A gripping Murder Mystery who done it, 23 Feb 2002
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This film is a good english who done it murder mystery. One of Agatha Christies classics, written around the war time for the stage. Its a fantasic film which keeps you watching. Its quite old fashioned however its a really good story. The film is based around a childs song which the murder is using to kill his/her victims. The story is based in a house where the people are all invited by an old friend. The quests do not know each other very well and one by one they are being killed.

One of my old time favourites which is a must see.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Now we don't even know where to find the marmalade.", 3 Sep 2008
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And Then There Were None [DVD] [1945] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
8 people are invited to a remote island "Indian Island" mansion by their host Mr. U. N. Owen; two people are already there as the butler and cook, a husband and wife team. Once there they find that their mysterious host has accused each of murder and commences to dispatch the guests in the order of a song of Ten Little Indians. Finding that they are cut off from the outside world they must find Mr. Owen and neutralize him before they are all dispatched. If it gets down to the last two you have a pretty good idea who it is.

All the clues are present; can you detect whodunit and why?

Pretty well acted version of an Agatha Christie classic. Everyone remembers this standard movie version "And Then There Were None" (1945) with Barry Fitzgerald. Several other attempts were made such as "And Then There Were None" (1974) with Elke Sommer and even one movie with the original book title "Ten Little Niggers" (1949) with John Bentley. A fun adaptation using a remote mountain dwelling is "Ten Little Indians" (1965) with Hugh O'Brian plays Hugh Lombard.

In this screen play version by Dudley Nichols, Philip Lombard (Louis Hayward) even keeps much of the dialog of the novel and is worth adding to your Agatha Christy collection. Many of the actors are popular of the time such as Walter Huston who plays Dr. Edward G. Armstrong. He is popular for the Walter Huston dance in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948) and as Mr. Scratch in "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941).

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You will not be disappointed!, 3 Sep 2004
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And Then There Were None [DVD] [1945] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
When ten strangers all go to the secluded, island mansion of a mysterious Mr. U.N. Owen, they suddenly find that Owen wants them all dead. One by one, each is murdered in the same way as the ten little Indians in the nursery rhyme. Can the survivors find the murderer before it's too late? Watch and find out! [Black-and-white, released in 1945, with a running time of 1:37.]

This is a great movie, filled with excitement and suspense. The characters are quite interesting, and the storyline is wonderful (the movie being based on Agatha Christie's novel of the same name). I must say that, for me, Barry Fitzgerald simply stole the show, and the black-and-white film adds to the brooding tone of the movie.

So, if you are a fan of old time movies, or simply love a good mystery, then I highly recommend this movie to you. You will not be disappointed!

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