![]() ![]() (Yes, welcome to another episode of "Ramble On", starring Uncle Mikey.) Halfway during the film I almost expected someone to walk past and ask Pleasance: "How're the murders going?" "Oh fine," Pleasance automatically answers, then suddenly catches himself. But you put him in a ten person line-up, ask people to point out the villain, and all fingers automatically go to Pleasance. Understand I absolutely loved Pleasance in everything he did. Yes, even the atrocious 1989 version which featured Donald Pleasance, mainly because well. This is not necessarily my favorite Agatha Christie story, but it's such a neat little thriller that I have seen every adaptation ever made. Even when the body count rises, there’s plenty of comedy along with the dread and suspense.Īnd Then There Were None on July 21 - and the 1965 version, too, coming ever so soon! I especially enjoyed Richard Haydn and his delightful daffy delivery. The body count climbs as General Mandrake pushes up daisies an accidental overdose of his medicine, or something more sinister? Time to face facts: the killer is one of the guests!Įmily Brent is the most cold-hearted, if you ask me, not giving a rat’s rectum about her young nephew killing himself all she cares about is where her next jar of marmalade is coming from! I think it’s safe to say this inn won’t be giving out any five-star ratings anytime soon from, even if the guests do even live that long! Suspense blends with deft wit. Rogers becoming one of the early casualties, supposedly from heart failure. Rogers does what he can as the weekend slowly unravels in terror, what with the guests slowly but surely coming unglued, especially with the body count climbing as each guest is murdered by each new macabre killing, including poor Mrs. Sibling rivalry! What’s more, how can we be sure at leastīe getting a raw deal? Curiouser and curiouser!Ĭount in the guests’ futures, if not lawsuits? Where’s when Mary Cleves Judge Quincannon is accused of being a “hanging judge”įor his own selfish motives Blore had been hired to watch the guests, though he's not exactly James Bond Vera is accused of killing her Armstrong is accused of drunkenness that killed one Teenage nephew was put in jail because his heartless Auntie Emily thought he had itĬoming, resulting in the desperate young man hanging himself in prison Nikki’s hit-and-run killed a The beginning when a male voice accuses them all of various killings! Theĭeaths involve elderly General Mandrake, who was accused of murdering his rivalįor the woman he loved, and now seems to have Alzheimer's Emily Brent’s ![]() Little Indian" as per the 10 Little Indian rhyme- but in fact, it’s only Nikki’s macabre ditty seems about down to the final verse of the “last ![]() Mischa Auer's Prince Nikki chokes to death on Queenie sure had range! Of course, we also fell in love with Haydn’s (from the original animated Disney version of Roland Young (Topper The Philadelphia Story) as Detective Blore.Īnd of course, the guests have to eat, don’t they? That’s where the (Ladies in Retirement The Man in the Iron Mask) (The Thief of Bagdad None But the Lonely Heart) (You Can’t Take it With You My Man Godfrey) That boat ride! The crashing waves over the opening credits work perfectly I was tempted to get my snorkel! Let’s meet our travelers, shall we?Īs Dr. Small feat when many of them are trying not to toss their cookies after As the film begins, the all-star cast slowly thaws the ice as theĬharacters arrive in a boat, most of them being English.ĭon't talk much, at least at first they just smile and nod politely, no ![]()
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