The Ninth Guest
| The Ninth Guest | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Garnet Weston |
| Based on | The Invisible Host, a novel by Bruce Manning and Gwen Bristow, and the Owen Davis play of the same name based on the novel |
| Starring |
Donald Cook Genevieve Tobin |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | Gene Milford |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Ninth Guest is a 1934 Pre-Code murder mystery film starring Donald Cook and Genevieve Tobin as two of the eight guests at a deadly party who are informed by the voice of their unknown host from the radio that they are his enemies ... and will all meet his ninth guest: Death.
The plot is similar to that of Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None, but is actually based on a 1930 book, The Invisible Host, and the play adapted from it, both of which predate Christie's work by nine years.
Cast
- Donald Cook as James Daley
- Genevieve Tobin as Jean Trent
- Hardie Albright as Henry Abbott
- Edward Ellis as Tim Cronin
- Edwin Maxwell as Jason Osgood
- Helen Flint as Sylvia Inglesby
- Samuel Hinds as Dr. Murray Reid
- Nella Walker as Margaret Chisholm
- Vince Barnett as Butler (Jones)
- Sidney Bracey as Butler (Hawkins; credited as Sidney Bracy)
External links
- The Ninth Guest at the Internet Movie Database
- The Ninth Guest at the TCM Movie Database
- The Ninth Guest at AllMovie
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