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The Thirteenth Chair
“Who Killed Spencer Lee?”
5.5 / 10• 1929• 1h 12m•NR• English
MysteryDramaHorror
Storyline
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected she turns detective, in the hope of uncovering the true murderer.
Cast & Crew
Conrad Nagel
Richard Crosby
Lead
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
CQ
Charles Quatermaine
Dr. Philip Mason
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tod Browning's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Thirteenth Chair is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
