Finding the ranch valuable and the Lawyer embezzling money from it, Hoppy confronts him. They slip a paper in Richard's pocket with the date of the accident, saying "Paid in full." Hoppy is an agent of the federal government investigating the counterfeiting of both U.S. and Mexican money. Hoppy prevents this and brings the gang to justice. On a foggy night, Michael Starkwedder enters the home of the Warwicks through a window in the study. At the reading of his late cousin's will, California learns the estate will be divied among whoever remains of the seven relatives. Not a lot of gun fighting involved it's true, but a couple of decent punch ups with Hoppy and the bad guy toward the end. Sue Harmon gets Hoppy and his friends to join their expedition looking for Indian artifacts. The son of an Army friend is about the join an outlaw gang. When she is kidnapped, Hoppy rescues her and forces the saloon keepers to relocate. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Osborne chose not to add characters, lines or scenes which would alter in any substantial way what had been presented on the stage forty-one years earlier, although minor amendments were made to produce suitable chapter endings. At the reading of his late cousin's will, California learns the estate will be divied among whoever remains of the seven relatives. Hoppy, California, and Lucky must rescue Mrs. Evans from the corrupt sheriff and his black-hatted gang of outlaws. See photos of celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and Leonardo DiCaprio before they hit the big-time, and revisit their earliest onscreen roles. ... Nancy Hallsen. She admits to murder, and the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story.But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all? The two decide to place the blame on an ene… Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. On a foggy night, Michael Starkwedder enters the home of the Warwicks through a window in the study. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. The buckskin jacket didn't really suit William Boyd who usually looks good in most things, but Hoppy was always at his best in black! But as I say, at least they tried for a bit of variety, and I accept that! At the reading of his late cousin's will, California learns the estate will be divied among whoever remains of the seven relatives. The Unexpected Guest is a novelization by Charles Osborne of the 1958 play of the same name by crime fiction writer Agatha Christie and was first published in the UK by HarperCollins on 6 September 1999, and on 1 October 1999 in the US by St. Martin's Press. He, however, believes her to be guilty. With an eventual total of 56 Hopalong Cassidy features, it was only normal to expect that now and again they'd try something a little different to the norm, sometimes it worked, others not so. Use the HTML below. Remarkably, the police clues point to a man who died two years previously but as the ghosts of a past wrong begin to emerge, a tangled web of lies reveals family secrets and chilling motives, where the real murderer turns out to be the greatest mystery of all. Western. Action, Certificate: Passed Nevertheless, the Bar 20 guys bring the bad guys to justice. At the reading of his late cousin's will, California learns the estate will be divied among whoever remains of the seven relatives. Teacher Lola Blair is against building the saloon right next to her schoolhouse. Following on from his success with Black Coffee and Spider's Web, Charles Osborne took Agatha Christie's play, The Unexpected Guest, and novelised it in 1999.Osborne chose not to add characters, lines or scenes which would alter in any substantial way what had been presented on the stage forty-one years earlier, although minor amendments were made to produce suitable chapter endings. Michael decides not to turn her in to the police, and the two decide to come up with a cover-up story to protect Laura. (as Robert H. Williams). View production, box office, & company info. Unexpected Guest You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Written by Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition, The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories, Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Unexpected_Guest_(novel)&oldid=932502775, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 December 2019, at 11:10. (1947). The Unexpected Guest is a novelization by Charles Osborne of the 1958 play of the same name by crime fiction writer Agatha Christie and was first published in the UK by HarperCollins on 6 September 1999, and on 1 October 1999 in the US by St. Martin's Press.