The Unknown Guest

The Unknown Guest
Directed by	Kurt Neumann
Written by	Philip Yordan
Produced by	Charles King Maurice King
Starring	Victor Jory Pamela Blake Veda Ann Borg
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Edited by	Martin G. Cohn
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production company	King Brothers Productions
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	October 22, 1943 (1943-10-22)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Unknown Guest is a 1943 American mystery film from King Brothers Productions directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Victor Jory, Pamela Blake and Veda Ann Borg. It was written by Philip Yordan.

Cast[]

• Victor Jory as Charles 'Chuck' Williams
• Pamela Blake as Julie
• Veda Ann Borg as Helen Walker
• Harry Hayden as George Nadroy
• Paul Fix as Fain
• Emory Parnell as Sheriff Dave Larsen
• Ray Walker as Swarthy
• Lee 'Lasses' White as Joe Williams
• Nora Cecil as Martha Williams
• Eddie Mills as Sidney

Production[]

Philip Yordan had written a script for the King Brothers, Dillinger which was too expensive to produce. They suggested he write something less expensive.^[1] Yordan took a course in budgeting from production manager George Moskov. Yordan later recalled:

Moskov’s advice was to avoid a gangster film. Action and gunfire was costly. He suggested a suspense melodrama with one set. I dreamed up an imitation Hitchcock idea, all taking place in a roadhouse closed for the winter. Frank King liked the script, especially the low cost with very few extras. He couldn’t pay more than the minimum and had to cajole and flatter the actors to get them. The brothers managed to get Victor Jory and Pamela Drake for almost nothing.^[2]

Reception[]

The film was the first movie from Monogram to screen at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• The Unknown Guest at IMDb
• The Unknown Guest at TCMDB

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