I wonder how many of us would turn up at a dinner nowadays where we didn't know anyone and expect to escape alive? These eight did - and after a good dinner and some fine wine are informed by a radio that resembles a face on the wall, that they are all going to be killed unless they manage to outwit their host. Hemmed in by electrically charged doors and gates the group must learn to work together to try and defeat…
The 9th Guest (1934)
Their Host Was a Spectre … Their Hostess Disaster!
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's voice via the radio, who explains that before the night is over each one will be die 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
Helen Flint
Sylvia Inglesby
Samuel S. Hinds
Dr. Murray Reid
Nella Walker
Margaret Chisholm
Sidney Bracey
Hawkins
Mildred Gover
Jean's Maid (Uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Osgood's Secretary (Uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
First Telegraph Office Worker (Uncredited)
Billie Seward
Office Worker (Uncredited)
Gayne Whitman
Voice of the Host (Uncredited)
Charles Cahill Wilson
Burke (Uncredited)
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What is The 9th Guest about?
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's voice via the radio, who explains that before the night is over each one will be die unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest,…
When was The 9th Guest released?
The 9th Guest was released in 1934.
What genres does The 9th Guest belong to?
The 9th Guest is categorised as Horror, Mystery.
Who stars in The 9th Guest?
The cast of The 9th Guest includes Donald Cook, Genevieve Tobin, Hardie Albright, Edward Ellis, Edwin Maxwell.