The Thirteenth Chair

"Who Killed Spencer Lee?"

Oct 19 1929 Passed 1h 12m
Drama, Mystery

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.

Plot

Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" 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.

Written by

Bayard Veiller, Joseph Farnham

Directed by

Tod Browning

Cast

Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
826
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
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