The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
Synopsis of The Thirteenth Guest
Thirteen years after a dinner party where the wealthy host dropped, the thirteen guests are invited to reassemble at the dinner table. First to arrive is Ginger Rogers--who is promptly killed. It turns out that the dead woman was an impostor, hired to impersonate a real guest (Ginger Rogers again). Playboy detective Lyle Talbot is called in to investigate. It seems that the man who died 13 years ago was just about to announce the heir to his fortune, thus all the guests fall under suspicion. The culprit's true identity is hidden by a hood; the culprit's method of murder is a complex electrocution device. In an excitingly staged finale, Ginger is kidnapped by the hooded killer, but is rescued by Lyle Talbot. Made on a shoestring by Monogram Pictures, Thirteenth Guest is a marvelous "old house" mystery, with Ginger Rogers giving her all as the damsel in distress. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast of The Thirteenth Guest
- Ginger Rogers - Marie Morgan
- John Farrell MacDonald - Captain Ryan
- Eddie Phillips - Thor Jensen
- Robert Klein - Barksdale
- Frances Rich - Marjorie
- Paul Hurst - Grump
- Ginger Rogers - Lela
- Lynton Brent - Prisoner
- Isabelle La Mal - Marie's Mother
- Tom London - Detective Carter
- John Ince - John Morgan
- Harry Tenbrook - Cabby
- Stanley "Tiny" Sandford - Mike-Jailer
- Lyle Talbot - Winston
- James C. Eagles - Harold Morgan
- Erville Alderson - Adams
- Crauford Kent - Dr. Sherwood
- Ethel Wales - Mrs Thornton
- William B. Davidson - Capt. Brown
- Adrienne Dore - Winston's Date
- Henry Hall - Sergeant
- Al Bridge - Policeman
- Allan Cavan - Uncle Wayne Seymour
- Phillips Smalley - Uncle Dick Thornton
- Bobby Burns - Photographer
- Kit Guard - Prisoner
- Director(s):
- Albert Ray
- Writer(s):
- Frances Hyland, Arthur Hoerl
- Producer(s):
- M.H. Hoffman, Jr.
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