
After watching S. Balachander's Nadavu Iravil, the 1965 Tamil movie based on Agatha Christie's story (And Then There Were None, Ten Little Niggers, Ten Little Indians), I decided to go for the Real McCoy.
For a movie made in older times, it was quite well paced. Even though they were many characters, all ten of them, all appeared different - all with different traits and idiosyncrasies. They could hold the suspense despite the dearth of colour, gore and loud, frightening musical score.

Just like in the lyrics of the satirical poem, Ten Little Indians, the guests die in the same circumstances, one by one. The cat and mouse game of guessing who the murderer goes on. No, the butler is not the killer!
An exciting watch with witty dialogues as well.
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