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AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
U.S., 1945
Directed by René Clair
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie
With Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward
Approx. 97 min. DCP & 16mm.
“Ten strangers are summoned to a small island off the coast of Devon, by a mysterious note. Once there, they discover that their unknown host, a certain “Mr. Owen”, has not yet arrived. They’re told he’ll be there by dinner and so they retire to their rooms to prepare for the evening. Come dinner, their host has still not arrived and suddenly a voice on a gramophone record proceeds to accuse all of them of past murders they were never prosecuted for. The guests strongly deny any wrongdoing and a decision is made to leave the island immediately. A servant however, tells them that there’s no way to get the boat from the mainland. There’s also no phone on the island and the boat only comes twice a week. It won’t be back until Monday morning and it’s only Friday night…” – Roger Ebert
16mm print courtesy the UCLA Film & Television Archive on Tuesday, April 1.
Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film