And Then There Were None - DVD

This film adaptation of Agatha Christie's best selling novel, involves eight strangers who are invited to a desolate island off the coast of Devon, England. The eight strangers settle in at a mansion tended by two newly hired servants, Thomas and Ethel Rogers. When the eight strangers gather for dinner expecting to meet their hosts, Mr. And Mrs. Owen, it becomes clear that they have been summoned to atone for their past sins. The guests partake of their dinner and notice a centerpiece of ten figurines of Indians in a circle. Thomas puts a record on the gramophone, from which a voice accuses them all of murder. As the story unfolds each are murdered just like the 'Ten Little Indians' in the children's nursery rhyme. There is no one else on the island so the killer has to be one of the guests or servants. A fascinating murder mystery with a nice touch of dark humor. (93 minutes - 1945 - Black & White - 4 3).

Where was Agatha Christie during her infamous 11-day disappearance in 1926? This entertaining speculation posits that the great mystery novelist (Ruth Bradley) was clearing her head by trying to solve one of the era's great unsolved crimes-the fatal 1920 bludgeoning of decorated WWI army nurse Florence Nightingale Shore-at the behest of Shore's companion Mabel Rogers (Pippa Haywood). Popular whodunit co-stars Blake Harrison, Ralph Ineson, Tim McInnerny, Michael McElhatton. 92 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

Superior, sublimely entertaining treatment of Agatha Christie's 1953 play stars Charles Laughton as an elderly London barrister who ignores his physician's orders and defends an unemployed man (Tyrone Power, in his final screen role) accused of killing a wealthy widow. Marlene Dietrich is the man's wife, who becomes a Inchwitness for the prosecution.Inch Elsa Lanchester, John Williams co-star in this classic mystery directed by Billy Wilder. 116 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack English; featurette; theatrical trailer.