Like the earlier version of Agatha Christie's novel this remake takes similar liberties with the 'perfect' crime. Writing, Directing and Acting are all undistinguished and the cast is typical of low-budget product at the time; a couple of one-time leading men on the way down, a couple of excellent character actors, a couple of recent flavour-of-the-month ephemerals and the obligatory 'pop' singer. If any of them include this drek on the CVs they are indeed desperate. The story is familiar both to Christie readers and film buffs who saw the first version so basically all that is new is the setting, now a château reachable only by cable car in place of an island off the English coast. Ten wooden indians congregate in reel #1, two wooden indians are left at the end. There will be a paint-drying watch at Tuesday's matinée. Be there, it has this beat six ways from the middle.
Review of Ten Little Indians
