A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.
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Johnny Duncan
- Harold Morgan
- (as John Duncan)
John Dawson
- Tom Jackson
- (as Jon Dawson)
Robert J. Anderson
- Harold as a Child
- (uncredited)
Shirley Jean Anderson
- Marie as a Child
- (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
- Mike - Police Desk Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
- Carter
- (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
- Uncle John
- (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes
- Dr. Sherwood - Plastic Surgeon
- (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFrank Faylen who played policeman "Speed Dugan" would go on to notoriety as Dobie Gillis's father in the early-1960s sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis."
- GoofsIt's never said who raises young Marie. Surrounded by aunts, uncles, cousins, a grandfather, and the grandfather's lawyer, she and her brother are supposedly orphans, although this is never said. Why the grandfather favors his granddaughter over his grandson is also a mystery. In that he's soon to die, it's curious who becomes her guardian over the next 13 years (since it's a good guess her grandfather has been watching out for her and won't be around to protect her).
- Quotes
Johnny Smith: Burke, you ought to have that mind of yours dry-cleaned.
Police Lt. Burke: And while I'm at it, I'll have your conscience pressed.
- Alternate versionsAlternate titles include "Dangerous Men" and "The Last Racketeer."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Movies at Midnight: The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1954)
Featured review
A young woman's grandfather hosts a dinner party for thirteen guests, and he mysteriously dies. Thirteen years later, the woman believes that someone connected to the fatal party is trying to kill her.
I had never heard of this film before, and I doubt very many people have. Which is a shame. It has a good pace, a good story, and wraps up in around an hour. This is the kind of film anyone could enjoy.
In some ways, it has the feel of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None", but it is its own story and should not be written off as a derivative narrative. Well, unless you consider it derivative of the previous incarnation, "The Thirteenth Guest" (1932). As I have not seen that version, I cannot comment.
I had never heard of this film before, and I doubt very many people have. Which is a shame. It has a good pace, a good story, and wraps up in around an hour. This is the kind of film anyone could enjoy.
In some ways, it has the feel of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None", but it is its own story and should not be written off as a derivative narrative. Well, unless you consider it derivative of the previous incarnation, "The Thirteenth Guest" (1932). As I have not seen that version, I cannot comment.
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- Also known as
- El huésped número 13
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- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) officially released in Canada in English?
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