The Thirteenth Chair

IMDb 4.9 1929 • 72 min • MysteryDramaHorror

Director

Tod Browning

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Conrad Nagel
Conrad Nagel Richard Crosby
Leila Hyams
Leila Hyams Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
Margaret Wycherly
Margaret Wycherly Madame Rosalie La Grange
Helene Millard
Helene Millard Mary Eastwood
Holmes Herbert
Holmes Herbert Sir Roscoe Crosby