And Then There Were None 1945 123movies

Watch: And Then There Were None 1945 123movies, Full Movie Online – Seven guests, a newly hired personal secretary and two staff are gathered for a weekend on an isolated island by the hosts, the Owens, who are delayed. At dinner, a record is played and the host’s message alleges that all of the people present are guilty of murder, and suddenly the first of them is dead, then the next. It seems that one of them is the murderer, but the leading person is always the person who is murdered next and at last, only two people are left..
Plot: Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.
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This is a superbly directed (by René Clair) adaptation of one of Agatha Christie’s more intriguing murder mysteries that I don’t think has been surpassed in the 75-odd years since it first hit the screen. A great ensemble cast are invited to weekend on a remote island by a couple they have never met. Once on the island, their host – by way of a record – accuses each of them of committing heinous crimes; then slowly – but surely – they start to drop like flies. I suppose I have to warn that in the vernacular of the 2020s, this film contains language and terminology that we might find offensive nowadays, but suspend the correctness for 100 minutes and you’ll get a great murder mystery featuring a super cast – especially Barry Fitzgerald (“Judge Quincannon”); Louis Hayward (“Lombard”) and June Duprez (“Vera”) ; as well as some classy contributions from Judith Anderson and Sir C. Aubrey Smith and some clever staging/dialogue with a genuinely good “whodunit” ending with a twist. As with a few Christie stories, it’s quite plausible that anyone did it and on stage it wasn’t always the same character behind the plotting – so don’t assume you will know who is the cunning brain behind it all if you’ve seen any other iterations.

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And then there were…too many.

From Agatha Christie’s highly acclaimed novel, originally published as Ten Little Indians, comes this mediocre “thriller”. With an all-star cast, including Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Houston, Louis Hayward, and Roland Young, and directed by Rene Clair, you’d think you were in for one of the all-time great mystery thrillers of the ‘40’s. Especially considering the material it came from: Christie’s expertly-written, suspenseful, and at times downright frightening novel is a great read that I highly recommend to anyone whose nerves can handle it. It’s one of the greatest stories of human corruption and brutality, of heinous crimes committed by a twisted mind, ever written.

Bottom line: the film is a bleak and utter disappointment.

I then found out that the movie was actually based upon the stage play version, also written by Agatha Christie in 1943, four years after the publication of the novel. She rewrote the ending, reportedly feeling that the original ending would be too depressing for wartime audiences…making the very title no longer applicable! Instead of the dark and bloody climax of the novel, she went in for a “happily ever after” love story.

Miss Christie, what were you thinking?!

If the production had been adapted from the novel instead, perhaps it could have been a good, worthwhile film. Although, the movie was also made during wartime; hence the usage of the alternate, rather than the original, ending.

Ultimately, the film never reaches the level of shock and suspense that is inherent in the novel. The only positive thing I can say is that the cast was competent, and Walter Huston definitely stood out.

Overall, you’d be better off reading the real And Then There Were None. In the film, there were too many left.

Enjoyable Christie Adaptation
Ten people, almost all strangers to one another, are invited to spend a weekend at a house on an isolated island. Shortly after they introduce themselves, the recorded voice of their absent host, U. N. Owen, accuses them each of murder. Each protests his innocence and claims not to ever have met Mr. Owen. They are nevertheless picked off one by one in manners consistent with a childhood jingle — “Ten Little Indians, one chopped himself in half and then there were eight,” or whatever.

The end of the novel has the police arriving and finding all ten of the guests dead by one or another means, from poisoning to hanging. Now THAT was an ending.

But it was a little bitter for the screen, I suppose, and in this movie — and in later refilmings — a young man and young woman outsmart Mr. U. N. Owen (“Unknown,” get it?) and survive.

Just as well. If anybody should survive it’s June Duprez, a luscious exotic-looking twenty-eight when she made this movie. Her eyes are set so far apart that she looks part alien. I suggest, without intending any disrespect, that if you shook her family tree an extra-terrestrial might fall out of it. I’m not so sure about Louis Hayward as the cocky young hero, but okay — let’s let him survive too.

The other performances are quite good, given the restrictions of the genre. Barry Fitzgerald and Walter Huston, as the judge and the doctor respectively, are outstanding. Fitzgerald — it’s hard to believe he was ever serious about a word he said, on or off screen. When he smiles, his lips curve up from ear to ear, just beneath his nose, and under that smile is a quadruple chin. What a marvelous face and voice.

The print I saw was old and scratchy but, well, this is a marvelously enjoyable film, probably the best adaptation of the Christie story. It’s one of her best jigsaw puzzles and I was unable to spot any holes in the plot.

There are some comic elements too. The butler finds himself under suspicion by the others and gets staggering drunk, not funny in itself, but played well. When the butler says resentfully that he’s going to show them the cocktails are not poisoned by drinking all of them, the others protest — “Oh, no need for that, Rogers.” But when Rogers adds, “And just for that, there will be no supper tonight,” the others jump to their feet and run howling after him.

The murders all take place off screen and their dramatic content is quickly blown off. Rogers’ wife dies in her sleep and informed of this, Rogers tells the others that he will be unable to provide breakfast. The guests pooh pooh his protests, excusing him. End of Mrs. Rogers. In fact, NOBODY who is bumped off is ever mourned or even mentioned again except in a wisecrack or two.

Rene Clair directed efficiently with no noticeable flair except that on occasion when a character speaks to the others he faces the camera directly. The ominous mood that ought to be present throughout is strangely absent. The sets look cheap. A heavy rainstorm isn’t convincing, but, as I say, this was an old print and perhaps that’s partly to blame.

You’ll probably like this one. It’s good enough to watch more than once, even though you already know the ending. The story is up there with Christie’s best.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 37 min (97 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 1000000
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director René Clair
Writer Agatha Christie, Dudley Nichols
Actors Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward
Country United States
Awards 1 win
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,660 m (10 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm