A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.
Production
Monogram Pictures doing Gothic on a shoestring—every creak is audible.
Acting
Helen Parrish sells 'terrified heiress' like her rent depends on it. It did.
Director
William Beaudine
Helen Parrish
Marie Morgan
Dick Purcell
Johnny Smith
Tim Ryan
Police Lt. Burke
Frank Faylen
Speed Dugan
Johnny Duncan
Harold Morgan (as John Duncan)
John Dawson
Tom Jackson (adult)
Addison Richards
District Attorney
Jacqueline Dalya
Marjory Morgan (adult)
Cyril Ring
Barksdale
Paul McVey
Uncle Adam
Lloyd Ingraham
Grandfather Morgan
Robert J. Anderson
Harold (child)
Lester Dorr
Carter (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
William Beaudine shot this in five days for Monogram, part of his legendary run directing over 350 films—he once famously said 'You want it good, or you want it Thursday?'
This is actually a remake of 1932's 'The Thirteenth Guest,' itself based on Armitage Trail's novel—Hollywood's early franchise obsession, but make it cheap.
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