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 a card with the hint: "Six little Indians ...bee stung one and then there were five". In this case, the rhyme refers to "Ten Little Fat Boys". (The film's plot bears no resemblance to Arthur Conan Doyle's original story of the same name.) The author of the movie's screenplay, Robert Florey, "doubted that [Christie] had seen "A Study in Scarlet", but he regarded it as a compliment if it had helped inspire her". "And Then There Were None" has had more adaptations than any other single work by Agatha Christie. It is the isolated location where all the players on