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19/10/1929 Mystery, Drama, Horror 1h 12m
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Who Killed Spencer Lee?

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.

  1. Tod Browning

    Director

  2. Elliott J. Clawson

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Conrad Nagel

    Richard Crosby

  2. Leila Hyams

    Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill

  3. Margaret Wycherly

    Madame Rosalie La Grange

  4. Helene Millard

    Mary Eastwood

  5. Holmes Herbert

    Sir Roscoe Crosby

  6. Mary Forbes

    Lady Alice Crosby

  7. Bela Lugosi

    Inspector Delzante

  8. Charles Quatermaine

    Dr. Philip Mason

  9. Moon Carroll

    Helen Trent

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CyrusPK
Written by CyrusPK on 2018-07-30
Some films are known more for the trivia associated with them than their actual content – The Thirteenth Chair (1929) being one of them.

As the first sound film for director Tod Browning and his first collaboration with the Hungarian emigre actor Bela Lugosi it is these points of interest in a film a few years before Dracula (1931) that draw most attention.

Browning seems very restricted by the early sound recording systems and this very theatrical film plays out mostly on a single set in prolonged wide shots. The opening scene as a mysterious figure enters a building and almost ste...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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