Ten Little Indians

Starring: Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian, et al.

Ten people -- eight strangers and two married domestics -- attend a posh weekend at a remote castle. What's the occasion? Each has unwittingly been invited to his/her own murder. Who's behind this dastardly plot? You'll have a devilishly tense time figuring it out while watching this clever Agatha Christie adaptation. Ten Little Indians refers to the ten invitees, the familiar nursery rhyme and the figurines affixed to a serving plate at the castle. After the fatal poisoning of a guest, one figurine goes eerily missing. One down. Nine to go. Who's next? That's a fate Hugh O'Brian (TV's Wyatt Earp), British screen veterans Leo Genn, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Stanley Holloway, and Goldfinger girl Shirley Eaton desperately hope to avoid.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012569764378
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: George Pollock
• Starring: Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian, Leo Genn, Stanley Holloway, Marianne Hoppe, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Daliah Lavi, Dennis Price, Mario Adorf
• Runtime: 1 hour, 32 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Black & White; Closed-captioned; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Hugh Lombard, “Drop dead!”

8 people are invited to a remote mountaintop chalet by their host, U.N. Owen; two people are already there as the butler and cook. Once there, they find that their mysterious host has accused each of them of murder and begins dispatching 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. All the clues are present; can you figure out who did it and why? A pretty well-acted version of an Agatha Christie classic. Everyone remembers the standard movie version that was made, “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 N-i-g-g-e-r-s” (1949) with John Bentley. This version, with Hugh O'Brien as Hugh Lombard, retains much of the dialogue and is worth adding to your Agatha Christie collection. Many of the actors are popular from that time and will be recognizable from similar plays. The Voice of “Mr. Owen” is Christopher Lee. The only annoying part is the constant intrusion of sixties music by Malcolm Lockyer. The good part is that the most obnoxious actor gets bumped off first. Not to distract from the movie, but Agatha Christie readers are correct. The movie ending was required to be different from the book.