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And Then There Were None (1945)

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And Then There Were None (1945)

And Then There Were None (1945)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 5300 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:37:00 | USA | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Based on a novel and subsequent stage play by Agatha Christie; ten people are invited to an isolated island, only to be killed one-by-one. Could one of them be the killer?

Director: Renй Clair
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young, June Duprez, Mischa Auer, C. Aubrey Smith, Judith Anderson, Richard Haydn, Queenie Leonard, Harry Thurston

And Then There Were None (1945)

And Then There Were None (1945)


Rene Clair's masterful direction takes Christie's classic novel up to a new dimension more suitable for cinema. Every character is perfectly realized by magnificent acting. My favorite is C. Aubrey Smith who portrays General Mandrake with a British subtlety that cannot be understood fully by today's American viewers. But why quibble?
Every cast member is perfect. Roland Young may actually be the most instrumental as Blore in keeping the films wit intact and never allowing it to get too serious. Barry Fitzgerald is terrific as the Judge, and Huston perfection itself as the charming, albeit alcoholic, doctor. Dame Judith Anderson, perhaps the best supporting actress of all time, dominates every seen she is in as a sinister spinster.
But, of course, there is a lead, and in the hands of a lesser actor, he could have wound up being a feckless straight man to all the great character actors around him. With Louis Hayward as Mr. Lombard, the character more than holds his own with all challengers, and has an especially nice chemistry with Young. And although June Duprez is slightly out of her league as a thespian, she is plucky and capable enough, with Hayward's help, to pull off her role just fine.
The atmosphere, photography, and soundtrack are all artistic perfection. This movie is a true treat for all the senses

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And Then There Were None (1945)

And Then There Were None (1945)