“PRAY YOU NEVER HAVE THIS EVIL GUEST IN THE HOUSE!”
Evelyn, an emotionally vulnerable and unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor. There she meets and falls in love with his brother, Douglas, who is happily married to Ann. Evelyn then sets forth to break up the happy marriage and win the love of Douglas.
John Brahm
Hunt Stromberg
Ketti Frings
Lee Garmes
Werner Janssen
Anne Baxter
Evelyn Heath
Ralph Bellamy
Douglas Proctor
Aline MacMahon
Aunt Martha Proctor
Ruth Warrick
Ann Proctor
Scott McKay
Doctor Dan Proctor
Marie McDonald
Miriam Blake
Jerome Cowan
Ernest Hackett
Margaret Hamilton
Hilda
Percy Kilbride
John
Connie Laird
Lee Proctor
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mr. Blossom
Milton Kibbee
Station Master
John Chard
Little Saint Cecilia! Guest in the House is directed by John Brahm and adapted to screen by Ketti Frings from the play written by Hagar Wilde, Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. It stars Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick and Scott McKay. Music is by Werner Janssen and cinema...
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Anne Baxter is at the top of her game here imbuing her “Evelyn” character with quite a bit of toxicity. She’s not a well woman and so is kindly invited to live with her boyfriend doctor “Dan” (Scott McKay) and his family. These folks are broadly welcoming of their new arrival, but it soon becomes qu...
Guest in the House (1944) - Clip
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Hunt Stromberg Productions
United Artists