{"id":34140,"date":"2023-10-19T05:56:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34140"},"modified":"2023-10-19T05:56:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:56:56","slug":"the-mystery-of-the-13th-guest-1943-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34140","title":{"rendered":"“The Mystery of the 13th Guest” (1943) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Mystery of the 13th Guest <\/em><\/strong>(1943)<\/span><\/p>\n

Director: William Beaudine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenwriter: Tim Ryan, Charles R. Marion, Arthur Hoerl <\/strong>based on THE 13TH GUEST by Armitage Trail<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cast: Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Bill Pullman, Dean Norris, Mik Scriba, J.T. Walsh, Herb Mitchell<\/strong> and Bill Nunn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline: IT’S MURDER! An Unseen terror holds an entire family in fear! <\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Marie Morgan was eight years old she attended a gathering called by her dying grandfather.\u00a0 In attendance were Marie’s aunts, uncles, cousins and her grandfather’s lawyer.\u00a0 Grandfather tells everyone that Marie is to return on her 21st birthday by herself to read his will.\u00a0 It’s clear that Grandpa doesn’t much care for any of them except Marie.<\/p>\n

Thirteen years have passed.\u00a0 Marie returns to the old house.\u00a0 It hasn’t been lived in for over a decade.\u00a0 As Marie thinks back she remembers that there was an empty seat next to her grandpa.\u00a0 Twelve people were in attendance.\u00a0 She wonders who the empty seat was for.\u00a0 Marie opens the sealed will.\u00a0 As she does someone enters the house and a gunshot is fired.<\/p>\n

When the police arrive they find Marie dead… but not from a gunshot.\u00a0 But wait, that’s not really Marie.\u00a0 And now another person who was at the original meeting is found in his seat murdered!<\/p>\n

How many will die before the Mystery of the 13th Guest<\/em> is discovered?<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mystery of the 13th Guest<\/em> is a low budget quickie typical of many “B” pictures of the era.\u00a0 It’s directed by William “One Shot\u201d Beaudine who knocked out over 400 films during his career.\u00a0 They didn’t call him “one shot” for nothing.\u00a0 If you’ve seen a Bowery Boys<\/em> flick, odds are you’ve seen his work.<\/p>\n

If you know what you’re getting going in, and you have an hour to kill, you won’t be disappointed.<\/p>\n

The Mystery of the 13th Guest <\/em><\/strong>(1943) <\/span>rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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