Triple Feature
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
An unseen terror holds an entire family in fear! On her 21st birthday, a woman returns to her grandfather’s vacant estate thirteen years after a strange family dinner party… with murder soon following. Director William Beaudine helms a poverty row mystery packed with chills & chuckles, shadowy twists & surprising secrets over its quick-moving hour-long runtime. Frequent Beaudine collaborator Tim Ryan co-writes the script and co-stars as the police detective.
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- Director
- William Beaudine
- Writer
- Screenplay by Tim Ryan and Charles Marion and Arthur Hoerl from the novel "The 13th Guest" by Armitage Trail
- Starring
- Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Tim Ryan, Frank Faylen
- Year
- 1943
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 16mm
- Running Time
- 61 minutes
The Living Ghost
James Dunn stars as Nick Trayne, a fast-talking former detective hired to look for a missing banker. But during his investigation, the missing man turns up in a mysterious zombie-like state. And when this living ghost’s brother-in-law turns up dead, could he be the killer or is someone else controlling him? Director William Beaudine crafts a charmingly comedic whodunnit quickie.
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- Director
- William Beaudine
- Writer
- Screenplay by Joseph Hoffman, Original story by Howard Dimsdale
- Starring
- James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey, Vera Gordon
- Year
- 1942
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 16mm
- Running Time
- 61 minutes
The Face of Marble
The last gasp in chillers! A doctor obsessed with reviving the recently deceased unleashes a dangerous creation. Meanwhile in his isolated manor, his lonely wife has eyes for another. John Carradine stars in an eerie spookshow from Monogram Pictures and director William Beaudine.
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- Director
- William Beaudine
- Starring
- John Carradine, Claudia Drake, Robert Shayne, Maris Wrixon, Willie Best
- Year
- 1946
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 16mm
- Running Time
- 72 minutes