And Then There Were None (U.S. title: Ten Little Indians; also known as E Poi Non Rimase Nessuno, Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab, Diez negritos, Dix petits nègres) is a 1974 mystery film and an 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 fourth of five versions of Christie's novel to be adapted to the screen and the second from producer Harry Alan Towers. Two film adaptations were previously released (a 1945 version by René Clair and Towers' 1965 adaptation Ten Little Indians). An American made-for-television version was broadcast in 1959. Towers produced a third version in 1989.
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A group of ten people, strangers to one another, arrive at a hotel deep in the Iranian desert, located adjacent to the ruins of Persepolis, 200 miles from civilization. The guests quickly discover that their host is mysteriously absent. He calls himself U.N. Owen ("unknown") and is someone none of them knows. At dinner, they notice a display of figurines: the Ten Little Indians, representing a section of the doggerel in each of their suites. Via a tape recording, their host accuses each of them of being responsible for the deaths of certain people and of having escaped justice.