The Thirteenth Guest (1932)

Directed by

Albert Ray

Genre

crime film, mystery film, comedy thriller

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman inherits a fortune from her dead uncle, but only if she shows up to a dinner party thirteen years after his death. When she arrives, a series of puzzling events and a murder unfold. A detective investigates who is behind the scheme.

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What happens

The Thirteenth Guest is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery comedy thriller film, released on August 9, 1932. The film is also known as Lady Beware in the United Kingdom. It is based on the 1929 novel The Thirteenth Guest written by crime fiction author Armitage Trail, best known for the novel Scarface on which the 1932 movie of the same name was based. The novel was filmed again in 1943 as Mystery of the 13th Guest. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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