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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1945 DVD Release: 01/25/2000 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Vci Video Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Mystery, Ensemble Film, Whodunit See Also: And Then There Were None, And Then There Were None

Based on the classic novel by mystery author Agatha Christie that was later adapted as the Broadway hit Ten Little Indians , And Then There Were None begins with ten characters, each with a skeleton in his or her closet, on a remote island off the English coast. They soon realize that they have been brought there by an insane judge, who has tried each of them for criminal behavior in the past, and who now feels it is his duty to render proper justice for each. The struggle to stay alive begins as each "guest" is eliminated in a fashion that corresponds to the titular nursery rhyme. Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, and C. Aubrey Smith are among those marked for death. The film's ending differs from that of the novel, and later remakes in 1966, 1975, and 1989 (all using the title Ten Little Indians), alternated between Christie's original finale and this film's climax. Depending on one's taste, the film's pacing is either excruciatingly slow or suspenseful, but the storyline has become a cinematic staple in everything from horror (Theatre Of Blood) to satire (Murder By Death). ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Barry Fitzgerald - Judge Quincannon
Walter Huston - Dr. Armstrong
Louis Hayward - Phillip Lombard
Roland Young - Detective Blore
June Duprez - Vera Claythorne

This screen adaptation of a classic mystery by Agatha Christie gets a streamlined presentation in this DVD release, one of several editions available of this public-domain title. VCI's edition of And Then Ther Were None has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio (in English) has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. No additional langauge options or subtitles have been included. As a bonus, this edition also includes a short subject, Twin Husbands, a comedy starring Leon Errol. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide