Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about creepy flashbacks, rock climbing, old-fashioned tugboats, and the workings of fate. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss Desyat Negrityat, the 1987 Soviet version of “Ten Little Indians.”

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

2:03 A brief history of the movie versions

6:04 Teresa’s opinion of the movie

7:07 Taking it from the top

13:17 How to tell Blore and Lombard apart

18:43 How the judge mislead everyone away from the truth

22:11 Ghostly hauntings make this a psychological thriller

33:10 Is it worthwhile watching 10 adaptations?

36:34 Bill gets an idea for a nonfiction book

40:53 Which is the best version?

45:17 Next time: “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” with Hugh Laurie!