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The Thirteenth Chair

The Thirteenth Chair

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 19, 1929

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Mystery, Drama, Horror

User Score

49%

Original Title

The Thirteenth Chair

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Tod Browning

Description

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.