Suicide Pact

A black and white locked room detective film, ten characters, one woman and nine men, one of whom is the murderer. "I had never heard of this play before, but I watched it again for the filming of "8 Beauties". It benefited me a lot and I have a better understanding of the American movies of that era." (Ossan) "Marie-Octobre" is very realistic, a heavy movie, and it is shot in a precise manner. Ossan goes in the opposite direction - lighthearted, non-realistic, colorful, satirical (the characters accuse each other). Among similar Christie-style detective films, Orson preferred Guy Hamilton's "The Mirror Crack'd", "Evil under the Sun", and Sydney Lumet's "Orient Express." The most referenced part of "Beauty" is the set design of the film, such as the living room, study room, bedroom, dining room, etc.