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 date |
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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 film is an adaptation of the 1930 Broadway play The Ninth Guest by Owen Davis, which in turn is based on the 1930 novel, The Invisible Host, by Bruce Manning and Gwen Bristow. The book, play and film all predate Agatha Christie's extremely successful 1939 novel And Then There Were None, which has a similar plot.
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)
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