The Thirteenth Chair (1929)

5.5/10 72 min Mystery Drama Horror

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.

Cast

Conrad Nagel

Richard Crosby

Leila Hyams

Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill

Margaret Wycherly

Madame Rosalie La Grange

Helene Millard

Mary Eastwood

Holmes Herbert

Sir Roscoe Crosby

Mary Forbes

Lady Alice Crosby

Bela Lugosi

Inspector Delzante

Cyril Chadwick

Brandon Trent

John Davidson

Edward 'Ned' Wales

Frank Leigh

Professor Feringeea

Clarence Geldart

Commissioner Grimshaw

Lal Chand Mehra

Chotee

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