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.
Direction
René Clair turns a drawing room into a pressure cooker with shadows.
Writing
Agatha Christie's ruthless plotting, barely softened for 1940s Hollywood.
Production
That art deco island mansion — beauty masking rot, perfectly.
Director
René Clair
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