Ten Little Indians (1965 film)
| Ten Little Indians | |
|---|---|
 UK release poster | |
| Directed by | George Pollock |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Written by | Agatha Christie |
| Screenplay by |
Peter Welbeck Peter Yeldham Erich Kröhnke Enrique Llovet |
| Based on | And Then There Were None 1939 |
| 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 |
| Edited by | Peter Boita |
Production company |
Tenlit Films |
| Distributed by |
Warner-Pathé (United Kingdom) Seven Arts (United States) |
Release dates | June 1965 |
Running time | 91 mins. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Ten Little Indians (1965) is the second film version of Agatha Christie's detective novel of the same name.[1]
Although its background story is the same as the 1945 adaptation (And Then There Were None) with ten people invited to a remote location by a mysterious stranger, this one takes place on an isolated snowy mountain. The house used in the film was Kenure House in Rush, County Dublin, Ireland.[2]
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. U. N. Owen."
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. 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.
Cast
| Actor | Character | Occupation | Killed | Book character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Eaton | Ann Clyde | Secretary | Richard Barclay (sister's fiancee) | Vera Elizabeth Claythorne |
| Hugh O'Brian | Hugh Lombard/Charles Morley | Engineer | Jennifer Hayes (lover) | Philip Lombard |
| Stanley Holloway | William Blore | Detective | James Landor (perjured testimony) | William Henry Blore |
| Dennis Price | Dr. Edward Armstrong | Doctor | Ivy Benson (patient) | Dr. Edward George Armstrong |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | Arthur Cannon | Judge | Edward Seton (defendant in a trial) | Lawrence John Wargrave |
| Daliah Lavi | Ilona Bergen | Actress | Mr. Bergen (husband) | Emily Caroline Brent |
| Leo Genn | Sir John Mandrake V.C. | General | Five soldiers (subordinates) | John Gordon Macarthur |
| Fabian | Michael "Mike" Raven | Entertainer | William and Liza Stern (car accident) | Anthony James "Tony" Marston |
| Marianne Hoppe | Elsa Grohmann | Cook | Countess Valenstein (employer) | Ethel Rogers |
| Mario Adorf | Joseph Grohmann | Butler | Countess Valenstein (employer) | Thomas Rogers |
| Christopher Lee | Voice of "Mr. U.N. Owen" (uncredited) | N/A | N/A | Ulick Norman Owen |
Later film versions
- And Then There Were None (1974 version)
- Desyat Negrityat (1987 Soviet adaptation)
- Ten Little Indians (1989 version)
References
External links
- Ten Little Indians at the Internet Movie Database
- Ten Little Indians at AllMovie
- Ten Little Indians at the TCM Movie Database
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