The Ninth Guest

The Ninth Guest

1934. USA. Directed by Roy William Neill. Screenplay by Owen Davis, Garnett Weston. With Donald Cook, Genevieve Tobin, Edwin Maxwell. With a premise that anticipates Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None—eight disparate characters are lured to an art deco penthouse, where they are locked in and assassinated one by one— this tidy little programmer was directed with wit and precision by Neill, a prolific studio functionary best known for his Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. 65 min.