“And Then There Were None” quotes

(1945)
Movie And Then There Were None
Title And Then There Were None
Year 1945
Director René Clair
Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
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Plot – Eight people are invited to spend a few days in a villa on a remote island. Once at the house, they learn that their host had to leave. Returning to the mainland is impossible because the boat will not come back for a few days. The guests gather for dinner and at one point the waiter puts a disc on the gramophone. The recording has been made by the villa's owner, who reproaches each of the ten people staying at the villa for crimes that have been kept secret from the rest of the world. They all protest but everyone fears the coming punishment, which soon arrives: one of the guests dies poisoned and the waiter's wife is killed that same night. Everyone thinks that the murderer is one of them and they spy on each other; nonetheless, more sudden and violent deaths follow. The survivors decide to confess their crimes but that does not stop the course of justice.
All actors – Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young, June Duprez, Mischa Auer, C. Aubrey Smith, Judith Anderson, Richard Haydn, Queenie Leonard, Harry Thurston
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“And Then There Were None” Quotes 8 quotes
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    “- Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: We all build islands of imagination. Represents escape. Half of my patients are sick because they're trying to escape reality.
    - Judge Francis J. Quinncannon: And what's your answer?
    - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: I tell them fairytales. I build them islands of imagined security.”
    Walter Huston - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong
    Barry Fitzgerald - Judge Francis J. Quincannon
    [Tag:escape, imagination, reality]
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    “Very stupid to kill the only servant in the house. Now we don't even know where to find the marmalade.”
    Judith Anderson - Emily Brent
    [Tag:killing, servants]
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    “The whole thing has been as inevitable as in a nursery rhyme. When the boat arrives from the mainland, there will be ten dead bodies, and a riddle no one can solve on Indian Island.”
    Walter Huston - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong
    [Tag:death, mystery]
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    “- Judge Francis J. Quinncannon: Don't you believe in medicine, Doctor?
    - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: Do you believe in justice, Judge?”
    Barry Fitzgerald - Judge Francis J. Quincannon
    Walter Huston - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong
    [Tag:belief, justice, medicine]
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    “- Judge Francis J. Quincannon: Don't forget the old proverb, Doctor. Never trust a man who doesn't drink.
    - Detective William Henry Bloor: Sounds like the Bible. Great book.”
    Barry Fitzgerald - Judge Francis J. Quincannon
    Roland Young - Detective William Henry Bloor
    [Tag:bible, proverbs, trust]
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    “- Thomas Rogers: They're saying it's me because I'm only a butler. You said I didn't have the brains to do it.
    - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: I didn't vote for you, Rogers.
    - Thomas Rogers: Who did then?
    - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: Who didn't drink the cocktail you just served?”
    Richard Haydn - Thomas Rogers
    Walter Huston - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong
    [Tag:faults, inability, suspicion]
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    “Never in my life have I been accused of any crime, sir - and if that's what you think of me, I shan't serve any dinner.”
    Richard Haydn - Thomas Rogers
    [Tag:accusation, crime, servants]
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    “- Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: Maybe we've been wrong, built up a nightmare out of imagination.
    - Judge Francis J. Quinncannon: Two people dead isn't imagination.”
    Walter Huston - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong
    Barry Fitzgerald - Judge Francis J. Quincannon
    [Tag:death, imagination, mistake]
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