The Missing Guest
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Directed byJohn Rawlins
Screenplay by
- Charles Martin
- Paul Perez[1]
Based onSecret of the Blue Room
by Arnold Lippschitz
by Arnold Lippschitz
Starring
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| Directed by | John Rawlins |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | Secret of the Blue Room by Arnold Lippschitz |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Milton Krasner[1] |
| Edited by | Frank Gross[1] |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Co. |
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Running time | 68 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States[2] |
The Missing Guest is a 1938 American mystery-comedy film directed by John Rawlins.[1] It is a remake of the 1933 film Secret of the Blue Room.
A newspaper reporter is sent by his editor to spend a night in a country house where a notorious murder had been committed exactly twenty years before.
Cast
- Paul Kelly as 'Scoop' Hanlon
- Constance Moore as Stephanie Kirkland
- William Lundigan as Larry Dearden
- Edwin Stanley as Dr. Carroll
- Selmer Jackson as Frank Baldrich
- Billy Wayne as 'Vic'
- George Cooper as 'Jake'
- P.J. Kelly as Edwards - the Butler
- Florence Wix as Linda Baldrich
- Harlan Briggs as Frank Kendall - Editor
- Pat C. Flick as Nikolaus Popoulos - Inventor
- John Harmon as Baldrich's Guard
- Guy Usher as Police Inspector McDonald
Production
The Missing Guest was the first of two remakes of the 1933 film Secret of the Blue Room.[1][3] The film was budgeted at $80,400 and was completed under budget, at $72,000.[4]
Music in The Missing Guest is recycled from previous films including Werewolf of London and Dracula's Daughter.[4]
