And Then There Were None (1974 film) cut from the US release. And Then There Were None (1974 film) And Then There Were None (a.k.a. Ten Little Indians) is a 1974 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's best-selling 1939 mystery novel of the same name. The film was directed by Peter Collinson and produced by Harry Alan Towers. This was the second of three versions of Christie's novel to be adapted to the screen by producer Harry Alan Towers. Two film adaptations were previously released (a 1945 version by René Clair and the 1965 "Ten Little Indians"). An American made-for-television version was broadcast in 1959. Towers produced a
And Then There Were None title "And Then There Were None" appeared in 1985 with a reprint of the 1963 Fontana Paperback. The sensitivity of the original British title varies across nations, depending on their culture and which words are used to describe people by skin color. In the US, the British title was considered offensive at first publication, and changed to the last line of the rhyme instead of its title. As the estate of Agatha Christie now offers it under one title only in English, "And Then There Were None", it is likely that new foreign language editions will match that title in