The Spider

HOW MUCH THRILL CAN YOU STAND?

Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. Who is the mysterious killer? What is the strange secret of Lowe’s clairvoyant, amnesia-plagued assistant? After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer. Watch for the terrific séance scene where weird ghost-like creatures float above the stage.

• Release date
• September 23, 1931
• Runtime
• 59 min
• Genres
• Crime, Mystery
• Director
• Kenneth MacKenna

Cast

Edmund Lowe Chatrand Lois Moran Beverly Lane El Brendel Ole John Arledge Tommy George E. Stone Dr. Blackstone Earle Foxe John Carrington Manya Roberti Estelle Howard Phillips Alexander