The Ninth Guest

1934
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1h 5min

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Donald Cook and Genevieve Tobin in The Ninth Guest (1934)

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaEight people are invited to dinner in a fashionable penthouse apartment. After they are wined and dined, a voice on the radio informs them that they will be murdered unless they manage to ou... Leer todoEight people are invited to dinner in a fashionable penthouse apartment. After they are wined and dined, a voice on the radio informs them that they will be murdered unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest: Death.Eight people are invited to dinner in a fashionable penthouse apartment. After they are wined and dined, a voice on the radio informs them that they will be murdered unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest: Death.

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Donald Cook

Jim Daley

Genevieve Tobin

Jean Trent

Hardie Albright

Henry Abbott

Edward Ellis

Tim Cronin

Edwin Maxwell

Jason Osgood

Vince Barnett

William Jones
(as Vincent Barnett)

Helen Flint

Sylvia Inglesby

Samuel S. Hinds

Dr. Murray Reid
(as Samuel Hinds)

Nella Walker

Margaret Chisholm

Sidney Bracey

Hawkins, the Butler
(as Sidney Bracy)

Mildred Gover

Jean's Maid
(sin acreditar)

Arthur Hoyt

Osgood's Secretary
(sin acreditar)

Mary MacLaren

First Telegraph Office Worker
(sin acreditar)

Billie Seward

Office Worker
(sin acreditar)

Gayne Whitman

Voice of the host
(sin acreditar)

Charles C. Wilson

Burke
(sin acreditar)

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Curiosidades
The film's source material, "The Invisible Host", was a novel by the husband and wife team of Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning. Their whodunit was inspired by a neighbor whose raucous radio disturbed them day and night. The novel begins: "That makes thirty-seven words, said the girl. Will you read the telegram again? came the voice over the wire. She read: Congratulations stop plans afoot for small surprise party in your honor Bienville penthouse next Saturday eight o'clock stop all sub rose big surprise stop maintain secrecy stop promise you most original party ever staged in New Orleans Signed Your host." The stage version, "The Ninth Guest", was written by Owen Davis. The Broadway production opened at the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre in New York on August 25, 1930, and ran for 72 performances. The opening night cast included Berton Churchill, William Courtleigh, Alan Dinehart Grace Kern, Frank Shannon, and Robert Vivian.

Pifias
The party takes place on a Saturday night, but Osgood makes reference to a mayoral election that took place the day before (Friday), which is impossible.

Citas
First Telegraph Office Worker: [opening line] I'm sorry, sir, but you can't send any swear-words in a telegram!

Conexiones
Referenced in La horca fatal (1939)

Banda sonora
The Gospel Train is Coming
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by Jean's maid.

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6/10

And then there were almost none

The best thing about this movie is its basic premise - eight people are invited by an unknown person to attend a party in an Art Deco designed penthouse. Once there, through a radio, they are informed by the "ninth guest" that it is impossible for them to leave because all the exits have been electrified and the phones disabled. The radio voice then informs them that each one of the guests will die. And one by one, the guests do start to die. It is fascinating how reminiscent this plot is of Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None,' her most famous book published five years after this movie. Of course, her book and the films later based on it are far superior to this movie. The two leads, Donald Cook and Genvieve Tobin really aren't given much to do and their characters are pretty bland. Even so, the 'Ninth Guest' is intriguing and sufficiently entertaining to be worth a watch.