Search - Ten Little Indians on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1965 DVD Release: 03/14/2006 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 9 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Whodunit

The third of many film and TV adaptations of the popular Agatha Christie novel -And Then There Were None (-Ten Little Indians is the title of the American edition, the hit play, and most of the movies), this 1965 version moves the action from a remote island to an isolated ski resort and otherwise rearranges the plot. The basic premise, however, remains the same. Ten strangers, eight of them guests and two of them servants, are lured to a dinner party and then trapped there to be killed one at a time by an unseen host who wishes to punish them for their disparate perceived crimes. The old nursery rhyme provides both the framing device, and, in the source material, the method of execution for each victim. In this version, however, the revised murder scenes include a hapless servant (Marianne Hoppe) falling to her death from a booby-trapped ski lift. -Ten Little Indians features a varied cast that ranges from future Bond girls Shirley Eaton and Daliah Lavi to former teen idol Fabian and former Wyatt Earp TV star Hugh O'Brian. It also reunites My Fair Lady co-stars Stanley Holloway and Wilfrid Hyde-White. The film was the final directorial effort of George Pollock, who had previously helmed several adaptations of Christie's popular Miss Marple mysteries, starting with 1962's Murder, She Said. Christopher Lee makes an uncredited appearance as the recorded voice of absentee host/villain Mr. Owen. Despite its mountain setting, the picture was filmed in Ireland. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Hugh O'Brian - Hugh Lombard
Shirley Eaton - Ann Clyde
Fabian - Mike Raven
Leo Genn - Gen. Mandrake
Stanley Holloway - William Blore

George Pollock's 1965 adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic -Ten Little Indians story has been given a fine treatment from Warner Home Video for its debut on DVD. Bonus include the original theatrical trailer as well as a whole collection of trailers for the studio's Miss Marple mysteries. As an added extra that might just be worth the money for the purchase is the fantastic "Whodunit Break" that once was cut into the film near its plot-twisting climax to give the audience one final guess as to the killer's identity. Presented with a widescreen 1.85:1 black-and-white anamorphic picture and Dolby Digital mono soundtrack, the film has benefited from a fine transfer that only rarely is plagued with shimmering color problems in its image. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide