The Thirteenth Guest
An abandoned mansion. A long-ago banquet. A mystery waiting thirteen years to be reopened.
About the Film
A family mystery returns after thirteen years
On the eve of her 21st birthday, heiress Marie Morgan returns to her family’s long-abandoned mansion, only to uncover a deadly mystery rooted in a banquet held thirteen years earlier.
- Director
- Albert Ray
- Year
- 1932
- Genre
- Mystery
- Runtime
- 1 hr 8 min 48 sec
- Principal Cast
- Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, J. Farrell MacDonald, Paul Hurst, Erville Alderson
Why It’s in “Locked In”
The past closes in on the present
The Thirteenth Guest fits Locked In through the way an old family gathering continues to shape the people drawn back into the mansion years later. The house becomes more than a setting; it is a physical reminder of secrets that were never resolved.
Its mystery is driven by inheritance, memory, and concealed motives, creating the sense that the characters are trapped not only by circumstance but by events from the past that refuse to stay buried.
