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The Thirteenth Chair (1929)

Name: The Thirteenth Chair
Director: Tod Browning
Genre: Crime, Drama, Misterio, Ouija, Police
Released: 1929
Duration: 72 min
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly, Helene Millard, Holmes Herbert

1929 · Tod Browning · 72 min · United States of America · Edited by 1

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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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The Thirteenth Chair

Chinese: 第十三把椅子

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