This classic Agatha Christie whodunit takes place on a desolate island off the English coast where ten strangers--all with criminal pasts--meet. All have been invited to spend an evening in a sprawling, eerie mansion as guests of maniacal Judge Quincannon (Fitzgerald). Among the colorful
characters are the sinister Dr. Armstrong (Huston), the dictatorial General Mandrake (Smith), phony Prince Starloff (Auer), and lovers Philip (Hayward) and Vera (Duprez). It gradually dawns on the terrified guests that they have been marooned on the island for only one purpose--to be murdered one
by one in retribution for their transgressions, as per the nursery rhyme "Ten Little I...
Released:
1945
Rated:
NR
Length:
97 mins