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Release Date:
October 19, 1929
Original Title:
The Thirteenth Chair
Alternate Titles:
The 13th Chair
Genres:
Drama | Horror | Mystery
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 72
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.
Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Costume Design:
Adrian
Director:
Tod Browning
Director of Photography:
Merritt B. Gerstad
Editor:
Harry Reynolds
Producer:
Tod Browning
Sound Recordist:
Douglas Shearer
Theatre Play:
Bayard Veiller
Writer:
Elliott J. Clawson
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