The Thirteenth Chair(1929)
Who Killed Spencer Lee?
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.
Movie: The Thirteenth Chair
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Richard Crosby
Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
Madame Rosalie La Grange
Mary Eastwood
Sir Roscoe Crosby
Lady Alice Crosby
Inspector Delzante
Brandon Trent
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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.
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1929-10-19
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Who Killed Spencer Lee?
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