The Thirteenth Guest

Director: Albert Ray Albert Ray

Overview

On the thirteenth anniversary of a posh dinner party during which the host died mysteriously, the thirteen original guests are invited back and, predictably, become the targets of an enigmatic masked villain. This early, better-than-expected low-budget suspenser comes from Monogram Pictures.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/09/2015
UPC:	0644827163021
Original Release:	1932
Source:	Reel Vault
Language:	English
Sales rank:	19,705

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ginger Rogers	Lela / Marie Morgan
Lyle Talbot	Phil Winston
J. Farrell MacDonald	Police Capt. Ryan
Eddie Phillips	Thor Jensen
James Eagles	Harold `Bud' Morgan,Harold Morgan
Erville Alderson	John Adams
Robert Klein	John Barksdale
Crauford Kent	Dr. Sherwood
Frances Rich	Marjorie Thornton
Ethel Wales	Aunt Joan Thornton
Paul Hurst	Detective Grump
William B. Davidson	Capt. Brown
Phillips Smalley	Uncle Dick Thornton
Tom London	Detective Carter
Harry Tenbrook	Cabby
John Ince	John Morgan
Allan Cavan	Uncle Wayne Seymour
Alan Bridge	Policeman,Policeman
Henry Hall	Sergeant
Tiny Sandford	Mike,Mike-Jailer
Kit Guard	Prisoner
Lynton Brent	Prisoner
Adrienne Dore	Winston's Date
Charles Meacham	Marie's Father
Isabelle La Mal	Marie's Mother
Bobby Burns	Photographer

Technical Credits

Frances Hyland

Arthur Hoerl

M.H. Hoffman	Producer
Albert Ray	Director
Frances Hyland	Screenwriter
M.H. Hoffman Jr.	Producer
Arthur Hoerl	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Ginger Rogers' later popularity kept this low-budget comedy-thriller circulating much longer than most Monogram releases. Luckily, it was (and remains) one of the best written and acted of its kind, virtually bursting with bright dialogue and tongue-in-cheek performances. The mystery elements are standard -- down to a hooded killer, whose identity comes as a surprise to no one -- but everyone involved seems to be having a good time, and as a result, so does the audience. Even the inevitable dumb cops (J. Farrell McDonald and Paul Hurst) are truly funny this time around. The mask used to disguise the killer, incidentally, turned up again in the less well-apportioned, but still fairly good The Wayne Murder Case (1932), and Rogers, leading man Lyle Talbot, and director Albert Ray were reunited by producer M.H. Hoffman for A Shriek in the Night (1933), yet another success for the team. The Thirteenth Guest itself, meanwhile, was remade by Monogram in 1943 as The Mystery of the Thirteenth Guest, but lightning did not strike twice.