The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
Who Killed Spencer Lee?
72 min
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.
- Release date
- October 19, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- 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
- John Davidson as Edward Wales
- Charles Quatermaine as Dr. Philip Mason
- Moon Carroll as Helen Trent
Crew
- Tod Browning · Director
- Bayard Veiller · Writer
- Elliott J. Clawson · Writer
- Tod Browning · Producer
- Merritt B. Gerstad · Cinematographer
- Harry Reynolds · Editor