The 9th Guest
Their Host Was a Spectre … Their Hostess Disaster!
1934 | 65m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Roy William Neill |
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| Writer: | Bruce Manning, Gwen Bristow, Owen Davis, Garnett Weston |
| Staring: |
| Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's voice via the radio, who explains that before the night is over each one will be die unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest, Death. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 31, 1934 |
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| Director: | Roy William Neill |
| Writer: | Bruce Manning, Gwen Bristow, Owen Davis, Garnett Weston |
| Genres: | Horror, Mystery |
| Keywords | death, movie star, host, unknown host |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Donald Cook | Jim Daley |
| Genevieve Tobin | Jean Trent |
| Hardie Albright | Henry Abbott |
| Edward Ellis | Tim Cronin |
| Edwin Maxwell | Jason Osgood |
| Vince Barnett | William Jones |
| Helen Flint | Sylvia Inglesby |
| Samuel S. Hinds | Dr. Murray Reid |
| Nella Walker | Margaret Chisholm |
| Sidney Bracey | Hawkins |
| Mildred Gover | Jean's Maid (Uncredited) |
| Arthur Hoyt | Osgood's Secretary (Uncredited) |
| Mary MacLaren | First Telegraph Office Worker (Uncredited) |
| Billie Seward | Office Worker (Uncredited) |
| Gayne Whitman | Voice of the Host (Uncredited) |
| Charles C. Wilson | Burke (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Bruce Manning | Novel |
| Gwen Bristow | Novel |
| Roy William Neill | Director |
| Owen Davis | Writer, Theatre Play |
| Garnett Weston | Screenplay |
| Benjamin H. Kline | Director of Photography |
| Gene Milford | Editor |
| Robert North | Production Supervisor |
| Arthur S. Black Jr. | Assistant Director |
| George Cooper | Sound Engineer |
| Louis Silvers | Music Director |
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I wonder how many of us would turn up at a dinner nowadays where we didn't know anyone and expect to escape alive? These eight did - and after a good dinner and some fine wine are informed by a radio that resembles a face on the wall, that they are all going to be killed unless they manage to outwit ... their host. Hemmed in by electrically charged doors and gates the group must learn to work together to try and defeat their foe whilst staying alive - quite an onerous task as it turns out that despite appearances, they are quite an unsavoury bunch. This benefits from having a cast of equals - there's isn't really a star as such, but a decent ensemble that work well under Roy William Neill to create quite an effective sense of suspense and peril. It's quite a gripping hour that keeps you guessing and is definitely worth a watch.