"The who's next whodunnit."

1974

1h 38m

5.7(116 votes)

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Horror

Overview

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Oliver Reed

Hugh Lombard

Elke Sommer

Vera Clyde

Richard Attenborough

Judge Arthur Cannon

Stéphane Audran

Ilona Morgan

Gert Fröbe

Wilhelm Blore

Herbert Lom

Dr. Edward Armstrong

Maria Rohm

Elsa Martino

Adolfo Celi

General André Salvé

Alberto de Mendoza

Otto Martino

Charles Aznavour

Michel Raven

Creative team

Directed by: Peter Collinson
Written by: Harry Alan Towers
Enrique Llovet
Produced by: Harry Alan Towers
Alain Dahan

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