The defence The Cool Ironist
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Ten Little Indians
Crime · Mystery · Thriller · 1965
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one.
Movie details
Ten Little Indians
“Ten people trapped in a house of death... And the murderer determined to kill them all— One By One By One!”
1965 Crime · Mystery · Thriller 1h 32m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Ten Little Indians?
For the defence
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
George Pollock
Written by
Dudley Nichols · Harry Alan Towers
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh Lombard
Shirley Eaton
Ann Clyde
Fabian
Mike Raven
Leo Genn
General Mandrake
Stanley Holloway
Det. William Henry Blore
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Judge Arthur Cannon
Daliah Lavi
Ilona Bergen
Court is in session
Put Ten Little Indians on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.