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The Missing Guest
75%
Movie
1h 8m
AI Analysis
The Missing Guest (1938) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Missing Guest (1938) — a movie tagged as Action, Comedy, and Crime with dark and funny moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the "blue room" of a haunted mansion where a number of people are gathered for a party. When one of the guests disappears from his room, "Scoop" decides to get to the bottom o… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~68 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Missing Guest 75% (3 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
The Missing Guest is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
75%
from 3 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the "blue room" of a haunted mansion where a number of people are gathered for a party. When one of the guests disappears from his room, "Scoop" decides to get to the bottom of things.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1938-08-12
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- TMDB rating
- 7.5
- TMDB ID
- 198456
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What is The Missing Guest about?
Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the "blue room" of a haunted mansion where a number of ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Missing Guest?
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How long is the movie The Missing Guest?
The official runtime for The Missing Guest is approximately 68 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Paul Kelly
'Scoop' Hanlon
Constance Moore
Stephanie Kirkland
William Lundigan
Larry Dearden
Edwin Stanley
Dr. Carroll
Selmer Jackson
Frank Baldrich
Billy Wayne
'Vic'
George Cooper
'Jake'
- P
P.J. Kelly
Edwards - the Butler
Florence Wix
Linda Baldrich
Harlan Briggs
Frank Kendall - Editor
- P
Pat C. Flick
Nikolaus Popoulos - Inventor
Thomas Carr
Minor Role
- M
Myrtis Crinley
Minor Role
- A
Allen Fox
Minor Role
John Harmon
Baldrich's Guard
George Ovey
Gatekeeper
- R
Raymond Parker
Wolf
- M
Michael Slade
Brown - Kendall's Assistant (uncredited)
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