The Thirteenth Chair

Oct 19, 1929

1h 12m

★ 4.9

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Overview

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.

Genres

Mystery

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Richard Crosby

Conrad Nagel

Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill

Leila Hyams

Madame Rosalie La Grange

Margaret Wycherly

Mary Eastwood

Helene Millard

Sir Roscoe Crosby

Holmes Herbert

Lady Alice Crosby

Mary Forbes

Inspector Delzante

Bela Lugosi

Dr. Philip Mason

Charles Quatermaine

Helen Trent

Moon Carroll

Brandon Trent

Cyril Chadwick

Edward 'Ned' Wales

John Davidson

Howard Standish

Bertram Johns

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