1 ▁East ▁African ▁tribes men ▁ ▁William ▁H . ▁Bl ore ▁( R ol and ▁Young ), ▁of ▁per j ury , ▁resulting ▁in ▁an ▁innoc ent ▁man ' s ▁death ▁ ▁Thomas ▁( Rich ard ▁Hay dn ) ▁and ▁Eth el ▁Rog ers ▁( Que enie ▁Leonard ), ▁of ▁the ▁dem ise ▁of ▁their ▁previous ▁employ er , ▁an ▁invalid . ▁ ▁It ▁turns ▁out ▁that ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁ten ▁knows ▁or ▁has ▁even ▁seen ▁" U . ▁N . ▁O wen ," ▁as ▁he ▁signed ▁his ▁instructions ▁to ▁Rog ers ; ▁they ▁suddenly ▁realize ▁it ▁stands ▁for ▁" unknown ." ▁The ▁guests ▁decide ▁to ▁leave , ▁but ▁Rog ers ▁inform s ▁them ▁that ▁the ▁boat ▁will ▁not ▁return ▁until ▁Monday , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁only ▁Friday . ▁ ▁Star lo ff ▁adm its ▁to ▁running ▁down ▁a ▁couple ▁while ▁speed ing . ▁Then ▁he ▁takes ▁a ▁drink ▁and ▁dies ▁from ▁poison . ▁The ▁next ▁morning , ▁the ▁guests ▁learn ▁that ▁Mrs . ▁Rog ers ▁has ▁died ▁in ▁her ▁sleep . ▁Qu inn c annon ▁reports ▁that ▁Rog ers ▁found ▁one ▁figur ine ▁broken ▁after ▁Star lo ff ' s ▁dem ise . ▁Now ▁another ▁is ▁missing . ▁With ▁two ▁death s ▁matching ▁the ▁Ten ▁Little ▁Indians ▁nur ser y ▁rh yme , ▁they ▁search ▁the ▁island ▁for ▁" Mr . ▁O wen " ▁without ▁success . ▁After ▁General ▁M andra ke ▁is ▁st ab bed ▁in ▁the ▁back , ▁the ▁judge ▁arriv es ▁at ▁the ▁only ▁explanation : ▁O wen ▁must