Ginger Rogers

Lyle Talbot

J. Farrell MacDonald

Paul Hurst

Erville Alderson

Ethel Wales

James Eagles

Crauford Kent

Eddie Phillips

Frances Rich

Phillips Smalley

Robert Klein

Tiny Sandford

Harry Tenbrook

Bobby Burns

Adrienne Dore

Tom London

William B. Davidson

Henry Hall

Lynton Brent

Kit Guard

Allan Cavan

John Ince

Al Bridge

Dick Rush

Isabel La Mal

Charles Meecham

Arthur Hoerl

Bernard Smith

Albert Ray

Frances Hyland

Armitage Trail

Eugene Hornboestel

Leete Renick Brown

Sidney Algier

Harry Neumann

Tom Galligan

M.H. Hoffman

Gene Anderson

Mystery

Thriller

The Thirteenth Guest

Monogram Pictures

United States of America

English

CinemaSerf

Ginger Rogers ("Lela") and Lyle Talbot ("Winston") work well enough together in this quite enjoyable murder mystery. It all centres around a dinner party that took place (or didn't!) some thirteen years earlier, at which the wealthy host died. It turns out that his fortune has been left to the thirteenth guest, but nobody knows who that actually is/was... Skip forward to present day, and a young woman returns to the house - still bedecked for the ill-fated banquet, only electricity and a telephone have been installed. After a brief altercation with two unknown assailants, she is murdered - or is she? Who is she? The police, led by "Capt. Ryan" (J. Farrell MacDonald) now have to track down the culprits and establish an hitherto unclear motive for all these shenanigans. They start by summoning those who ought to have been at that fateful dinner and with the aid of Talbot (a criminologist) work to get to the bottom of things, in an increasingly dangerous environment for all! As cheap and cheerful thrillers go, it's not bad at all. The eerie big house setting works well in it's favour, the pace is quite effective and there are enough interesting characters - especially the acerbic "Marjorie" (Frances Rich) and an hooded stranger who inhabits the obligatory secret passages, to keep the pot boiling. I could have done with far less of McDonald's annoying comical sidekick "Grump" (Paul Hurst) though even he does manage to raise a laugh at the end. It was probably just the print, but the lighting really needed a bit more radiance too. Worth an hour though...

The Thirteenth Guest

производственные компании

Актёрский состав 27:

Recommended films

Trailer

Sequels and Prequels