The Missing Guest (1938)
Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the "blue room" of a haunted mansion where a number of people are gathered for a party. When one of the guests disappears from his room, "Scoop" decides to get to the bottom of things.
- Date of release
- 1938-08-12
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror
- Director
- John Rawlins
Casting
- Paul Kelly — 'Scoop' Hanlon
- Constance Moore — Stephanie Kirkland
- William Lundigan — Larry Dearden
- Edwin Stanley — Dr. Carroll
- Selmer Jackson — Frank Baldrich
- Billy Wayne — 'Vic'
- George Cooper — 'Jake'
- P.J. Kelly — Edwards - the Butler
- Florence Wix — Linda Baldrich
- Harlan Briggs — Frank Kendall - Editor
- Pat C. Flick — Nikolaus Popoulos - Inventor
- Thomas Carr — Minor Role
Interesting facts
The Missing Guest is a 1938 American comedy horror mystery film directed by John Rawlins. It is a remake of the 1933 film Secret of the Blue Room.
Production
The Missing Guest was the first of two remakes of the 1933 film Secret of the Blue Room. The film was budgeted at $80,400 and was completed under budget, at $72,000.
Music in The Missing Guest is recycled from previous films including Werewolf of London and Dracula's Daughter.
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