The Thirteenth Chair
Who Killed Spencer Lee?
1929 · 1h 12m · PASSED
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Tod Browning
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Tod Browning Director
- Conrad Nagel as Richard Crosby
- Leila Hyams as Helen O'Neill
- Margaret Wycherly as Madame Rosalie La Grange
- Helene Millard as Mary Eastwood
- Holmes Herbert as Sir Roscoe Crosby
- Mary Forbes as Lady Crosby
- Bela Lugosi as Inspector Delzante
- Charles Quatermaine as Dr. Philip Mason
- Moon Carroll Cast
- Cyril Chadwick Cast
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