Mrs. Philip Mason commits suicide after she has an affair with Stephen Lee, a disreputable stockbroker, and sells her husband's securities so that Lee can buy stocks. When Lee goes bankrupt, he blackmails Helen Trent by threatening to reveal silly love letters she wrote to him before she married. Her brother, Willy Grosby, and his fiancée, Helen O'Neil, who lives with the Grosbys, go to retrieve the letters. While Willy waits outside, Lee is knifed to death as he attacks Helen. Lee's friend, Edward Wales, attempts to pin the murder on Helen by having Madame LaFarge, a clairvoyant, conduct a séance. In the darkened room, Wales, through whom Lee's spirit supposedly speaks, is about to name Helen as the murderer, but Wales, who sits in the thirteenth chair, is himself murdered. After Helen confesses to Inspector Donohue that Madame LaFarge is her mother, LaFarge, while conducting another séance, tricks Philip Mason into confessing to the murders.
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The Thirteenth Chair Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Creighton Hale
He was 37, 83 years old when he died
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as Willy Grosby |
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Marc McDermott
He was 38, 47 years old when he died
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as Stephen Lee |
The Thirteenth Chair Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Bayard Veiller as Theatre Play. He was 50 (74) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Léonce Perret as Director. He was 39 (55) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Léonce Perret as Writer. He was 39 (55) years old when He died
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Writing |
