The Thirteenth Chair

Who Killed Spencer Lee?

The Thirteenth Chair — Plot

Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his murderer by staging a séance using a famous medium. Several of the thirteen participants had a motive, and one uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected, she turns detective in hopes of uncovering the true perpetrator.

• Release date
• October 19, 1929
• Runtime
• 72 min
• Genres
• Mystery, Drama, Horror
• Director
• Tod Browning

The Thirteenth Chair — Cast

Conrad Nagel Richard Crosby Leila Hyams Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill Margaret Wycherly Madame Rosalie La Grange Helene Millard Mary Eastwood Holmes Herbert Sir Roscoe Crosby Mary Forbes Lady Alice Crosby Bela Lugosi Inspector Delzante

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Charles Quatermaine Dr. Philip Mason