The Thirteenth Chair

The Thirteenth Chair

72 mins | Mystery | Oct. 19, 1929

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.

The Thirteenth Chair

72 mins | Mystery | Oct. 19, 1929

The Thirteenth Chair
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Thirteenth Chair
Directors Tod Browning
Writers Bayard Veiller, Elliott J. Clawson

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

Gretchen Holland

as Grace Standish

Frank Leigh

as Professor Feringeea

Clarence Geldart

as Commissioner Grimshaw

Lal Chand Mehra

as Chotee