The Ninth Guest

The Ninth Guest
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Garnet Weston
Based on	The Invisible Host, a novel 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	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	January 31, 1934 (1934-01-31)
Running time	65-69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Ninth Guest is a 1934 Pre-Code 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 Host, 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
• Helen Flint as Sylvia Inglesby
• Samuel Hinds as Dr. Murray Reid
• Nella Walker as Margaret Chisholm
• Vince Barnett as Butler (Jones)
• Sidney Bracey as Butler (Hawkins; credited as Sidney Bracy)

External links

• The Ninth Guest at IMDb
• The Ninth Guest at the TCM Movie Database
• The Ninth Guest at AllMovie