The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
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.
- Released
- 1929-10-19
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama, Horror
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tod Browning
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 15 votes
Cast
- Conrad Nagel as Richard Crosby
- Leila Hyams as Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
- Margaret Wycherly as Madame Rosalie La Grange
- Helene Millard as Mary Eastwood
- Holmes Herbert as Sir Roscoe Crosby
- Mary Forbes as Lady Alice Crosby
- Bela Lugosi as Inspector Delzante
- Charles Quatermaine as Dr. Philip Mason
- Moon Carroll as Helen Trent
- Cyril Chadwick as Brandon Trent
- John Davidson as Edward 'Ned' Wales
- Bertram Johns as Howard Standish
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