The Thirteenth Guest

1932
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1h 9m

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Thirteen years ago, somebody murdered the wealthy host of a dinner party. Now, the guests from that event reunite at the creepy house where the crime took place to figure out who inherited t... Read allThirteen years ago, somebody murdered the wealthy host of a dinner party. Now, the guests from that event reunite at the creepy house where the crime took place to figure out who inherited the victim's estate.Thirteen years ago, somebody murdered the wealthy host of a dinner party. Now, the guests from that event reunite at the creepy house where the crime took place to figure out who inherited the victim's estate.

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Ginger Rogers

Lela…

Lyle Talbot

Phil Winston

J. Farrell MacDonald

Police Capt. Ryan

Paul Hurst

Detective Grump

Erville Alderson

Uncle John Adams

Ethel Wales

Aunt Jane Thornton

James Eagles

Harold 'Bud' Morgan

Crauford Kent

Dr. Sherwood
(as Crawford Kent/Craufurd Kent)

Eddie Phillips

Thor Jensen

Frances Rich

Marjorie Thornton

Phillips Smalley

Uncle Dick Thornton

Lynton Brent

Prisoner
(uncredited)

Al Bridge

Policeman
(uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Photographer
(uncredited)

Allan Cavan

Uncle Wayne Seymour
(uncredited)

William B. Davidson

Police Capt. Brown
(uncredited)

Adrienne Dore

Winston's Date
(uncredited)

Kit Guard

Prisoner
(uncredited)

Director
- Albert Ray
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Trivia
When Uncle John refers to "Nine Yokohama" he is talking about a famous Japanese brothel.

Goofs
In the final scene there is a close shot of Grump's feet close together showing the shoes on the wrong feet. The next, longer, shot shows his feet some distance apart.

Crazy credits
A hand on a disembodied arm grasps the center of each title card and pulls it down to reveal the next card.

Connections
Featured in Murder Before Midnight: The Thirteenth Guest

Soundtracks
Academic Festival Overture

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5/10

"Every man and his dog knows the story..."

Years ago there was a dinner at an old dark house with thirteen guests invited. Only twelve showed up. Flash forward to the future and murders are being committed at that same house with the original twelve guests. Something about an inheritance. Honestly it's a confusing old creaker. It's never as much fun as you would hope from this type of movie. Notable for being an early Ginger Rogers film and for being based on the only other novel by the guy who wrote Scarface. It's watchable enough I suppose but very dry and a bit of a chore at times. Avid fans of the period and genre will likely enjoy it more.