The Thirteenth Chair

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 19, 1929

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Cyril Chadwick,Lal Chand Mehra,Margaret Wycherly,Moon Carroll,Frank Leigh,John Davidson,Bela Lugosi,Conrad Nagel,Mary Forbes,Holmes Herbertand 6 more

Director

Tod Browning

Writer

Bayard Veiller,Elliott J. Clawson

Producer

Tod Browning

Cinematography

Merritt B. Gerstad

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0020492