Ten Little Indians (1965)

Ten Little Indians refers to the ten invitees, the familiar nursery rhyme and to Indian figurines affixed to a serving plate at the castle. After the fatal poisoning of a guest, one figurine goes eerily missing. Who's behind this dastardly plot? You'll have a devilishly tense time figuring it out, while watching this clever Agatha Christie adaptation.

DVD Features:
Featurette:Vintage Featurette Whodunit?
Theatrical Trailer:Trailer Gallery

Great Classic Mystery

I first saw this on television, and was thrilled when it came out on DVD. The movie is a bit dated, but the mystery is great (it is based on Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"), the acting fun and even the music suits the picture and classic feel.

I highly recommend this movie to people who love mysteries or classic movies.

A side note: Christie converted the novel into a play and altered the ending - the play's ending, rather than the novel's, is used in this movie. June 5, 2008

A very good movie, although the changes.

It's a very good movie from a very good story. But they changed some details, including the end of the story. From who don't like changes, it's a bad choice. But from the ones who think it's acceptable, it's a perfect choice. February 8, 2008

DVD Black and White "Ten Little Indians"

We absolutely loved this movie in its orginial version. I would recommend it to anyone who has a love of the classics. I also bought "And Then There Were None" and found that to be just as good. November 1, 2007

10 Little Indians

I liked the movie a lot. I did not find anything wrong with the sound or the color. This is a great " whodunit". September 27, 2007

A decidedly second-tier Christie adaptation, but not all that bad

As someone who enjoys Agatha Christie, it was interesting to finally catch up with one of the lesser known (or at least lesser discussed) movie versions of one of her works. For what it's worth, here's what I thought of 1965's "Ten Little Indians" (beware some spoilers):

Selling points: A fetching Shirley Eaton (fresh from "Goldfinger"), good sets, somewhat dark and moody proceedings, and (generally) good acting by a bunch of old pros.

Liabilities: Typical 60's "mod" music score totally at odds with the mood of impending doom that the images (especially during the opening credits) are trying to convey; a softening of Christie's edgy, memorable, original plot where EVERYBODY is dead by novel's end (gotta cobble together that happy ending for the ticker buyers); Fabian overacting a storm in his (thankfully) brief appearance; and the use of a marginal print of the film for the DVD (to be clear, the image is perfectly watchable but marred with frequent scratches, fading, and other annoyances).

Agatha Christie fans will likely get at least light enjoyment out of this, if for no other reason than to experience an adaptation of one of Dame Agatha's most famous novels. Young people might also enjoy it, as they'll probably get into the whole scary thriller vibe where one person after another is mysteriously knocked off.

But, overall, this is an amiable time passer and nothing more. It does make me want to seek out the 40's-era adaptation of the same story (titled "And Then There Were None", like many editions of the novel), because if this marginal film still manages to be fairly entertaining, I can imagine how good a well regarded adaptation of the story should be.

Extras include a bunch of trailers to other 60's-era Christie adaptations (which don't look all that great, either) and the ludicrous "whodunit break" that was originally inserted into prints of "Ten Little Indians" during its theatrical run. During this one-minute interruption (complete with annoying, game show-style "ticking clock" imagery), audience members were encouraged to discuss their theories about who the murderer might be with "the person sitting next to you in the theater". I imagine that probably went over like a lead brick. September 5, 2007

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