Ten Little Indians (1965 film)
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| Directed by | George Pollock |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Written by | Peter Welbeck Erich Kröhnke Enrique Llovet Peter Yeldham |
| Starring | Hugh O'Brian Shirley Eaton Fabian Leo Genn Stanley Holloway Wilfrid Hyde-White Daliah Lavi Dennis Price Marianne Hoppe Mario Adorf Christopher Lee (uncredited) |
| Music by | Malcolm Lockyer |
| Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
| Editing by | Peter Boita |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | June 1965 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The 1965 version of Ten Little Indians is the second film version of Agatha Christie's detective novel And Then There Were None (originally titled "Ten Little Niggers"). Although its background story is the same as the 1945 version (ten people invited to a stranded area by a mysterious stranger), this one takes place on an isolated snowy mountain. The house used in the film was Kenure House in Rush, North County Dublin, Ireland.
This version is also the first adaptation of the novel to show the murders on screen. An uncredited Christopher Lee provides the pre-recorded voice of "Mr. Owen".
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[edit] Alterations
This adaptation has been retooled to fit the attitude of the "swinging sixties," such as changing the character of the repressed spinster into a glamorous movie star, adding a lot more action to complement the mystery, a fight scene and even a sex scene. The film is 91 minutes long and is in black and white. Other changes include William Blore not faking his identity as Mr. Davis and essentially changing the backstory of most of the characters.
The ending was changed to a less pessimistic one, heavily borrowing from the upbeat finale Christie wrote for the stage version of the story, which was and remains completely at odds with the very downbeat ending of her original mystery thriller.
[edit] Credits
- George Pollock
- Agatha Christie (novel)
- Enrique Llovet, Dudley Nichols (1945 screenplay)
- Henry Towers, Peter Yedlam: Screenplay
- Malcolm Lockyer: Music/Conductor
- Ernest Steward: Cinematography
- Peter Boita: Editing
- John McCorry: Costume Design
- Michael Browne: Gaffer
[edit] Cast
This film version stars:
- Hugh O'Brian .... Hugh Lombard
- Shirley Eaton .... Ann Clyde
- Fabian .... Mike Raven
- Leo Genn .... General Sir John Mandrake V.C.
- Stanley Holloway .... Det. William Henry Blore
- Wilfrid Hyde-White .... Judge Arthur Cannon
- Daliah Lavi .... Ilona Bergen
- Dennis Price .... Dr. Edward Armstrong
- Marianne Hoppe .... Elsa Grohmann
- Mario Adorf .... Joseph Grohmann
- Christopher Lee .... Voice of 'Mr. Owen' (uncredited)
[edit] Later film versions
- Ten Little Indians (1974 film)
- Desyat Negrityat (1987 Soviet adaptation)
- Ten Little Indians (1989 film)
- Ten Little Niggers (1981 Cuban mini-series)
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