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The Thirteenth Chair is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tod Browning released in USA on 19 october 1929 with Conrad Nagel
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
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Add to a movie listThe Thirteenth Chair is a 1929 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Tod Browning. The picture is based on a 1916 play of the same name by Bayard Veiller. The supporting cast features Bela Lugosi, whom Browning would direct as Dracula two years later.
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À Calcutta (Inde britannique), Spencer Lee a été assassiné dans d'étranges circonstances, au moment où il préparait un article sur la mystérieuse secte des Thugs. Son ami Edward Wales, survenu au moment du meurtre, a vu s'enfuir une femme voilée, mais malgré son témoignage l'enquête menée par l'inspecteur Delzante piétine. Aussi, Whales décide d'organiser chez les Crosby, riche famille de Calcutta, une séance de spiritisme conduite par la médium Madame La Grange autour d'une dizaine de personnes invitées pour la circonstance, parmi lesquelles se trouve Helen O'Neill, fiancée du fils Crosby, Richard, et suspectée par Whales. Ce dernier espère que l'esprit du défunt désignera le ou la coupable.Actors
Conrad Nagel
(Richard Crosby)
Leila Hyams
(Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill)
Bela Lugosi
(Inspector Delzante)
Margaret Wycherly
(Madame Rosalie La Grange)
Holmes Herbert
(Sir Roscoe Crosby)
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