The Ninth Guest
| The Ninth Guest | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Garnet Weston |
| Based on | the novel The Invisible Host 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 dates |
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Running time | 65-69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Ninth Guest is a 1934 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 plot is similar to that of Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None, but is actually based on a 1930 book, The Invisible Hand, and the play adapted from it, both of which predate Christie's work by nine years.
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
- Vince Barnett as Asst. Butler [William Jones]
- Helen Flint as Sylvia [Inglesby]
- Samuel Hinds as Dr. [Murray] Reid
- Nella Walker as Margaret [Chisholm]
- Sidney Bracey as Butler [Hawkins] (credited as Sidney Bracy)