Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Ten Little Indians (1965)

A good and stylish version of the Agatha Christie classic. A mixed group of people are invited to a remote mansion in the Alps. The host UN Owen has yet to turn up but his voice is heard as a recording tells the guests they have all got away with murder. The deaths begin almost immediately. The guests soon realise that one of their number is bumping them off and using the nursery rhyme Ten Little Indians as an inspiration.

So who is UN Owen? Is it the Judge (Wilfred Hyde-White), Mr Blore (Stanley Holloway) or Ann Clyde (Shirley Eaton) or one of the others? One by one the guests are bumped off in a variety of manners even including a crashing cable car! 

The film has a great feel with plenty of suspense. The performances are very good on the whole. The voice of UN Owen was Christopher Lee, well who else? 

The film compares well to the 1974 version.