The Thirteenth Chair

The Thirteenth Chair

Who Killed Spencer Lee?

1929•1h 12m•4.9/10

MysteryDramaHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.9/10(13)

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.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Conrad Nagel

Conrad Nagel

Richard Crosby

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill

Margaret Wycherly

Margaret Wycherly

Madame Rosalie La Grange

Helene Millard

Helene Millard

Mary Eastwood

Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

Sir Roscoe Crosby

Mary Forbes

Mary Forbes

Lady Alice Crosby

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Inspector Delzante

Charles Quatermaine

Dr. Philip Mason

Moon Carroll

Helen Trent

Cyril Chadwick

Cyril Chadwick

Brandon Trent

John Davidson

John Davidson

Edward 'Ned' Wales

Bertram Johns

Howard Standish

Gretchen Holland

Grace Standish

Frank Leigh

Frank Leigh

Professor Feringeea

Clarence Geldart

Clarence Geldart

Commissioner Grimshaw

Lal Chand Mehra

Lal Chand Mehra

Chotee

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