The Thirteenth Chair
5.7
“Who Killed Spencer Lee?”
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.
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Cast
16 people
Conrad Nagel
Richard Crosby
Known for
All That Heaven Allows
The Divorcee
Leila Hyams
Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
Known for
Freaks
Island of Lost Souls
Margaret Wycherly
Madame Rosalie La Grange
Known for
White Heat
Sergeant York
Helene Millard
Mary Eastwood
Known for
The Divorcee
Holmes Herbert
Sir Roscoe Crosby
Known for
The Invisible Man
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mary Forbes
Lady Alice Crosby
Known for
The Awful Truth
You Can't Take It with You
Bela Lugosi
Inspector Delzante
Known for
Dracula
White Zombie
Charles Quatermaine
Dr. Philip Mason
Also in
The Bishop Murder Case
Westward Ho!
Moon Carroll
Helen Trent
Also in
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Lady of Scandal
Cyril Chadwick
Brandon Trent
Known for
The Iron Horse
John Davidson
Edward 'Ned' Wales
Known for
The Devil Bat
Saps at Sea
Bertram Johns
Howard Standish
Also in
Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Forbidden Fruit
Tod Browning Director · Elliott J. Clawson Writer Bayard Veiller Author
United States release October 19, 1929 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 19, 1929
Theatrical
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