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The Spider (1931)

Directed by William Cameron Menzies, Kenneth MacKenna

Overview

Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. Who is the mysterious killer? What is the strange secret of Lowe’s clairvoyant, amnesia-plagued assistant? After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer. Watch for the terrific séance scene where weird ghost-like creatures float above the stage.

Rated NR | Length 59 minutes

Actors

George E. Stone | Ward Bond | Purnell Pratt | Lois Moran | Ruth Donnelly | Earle Foxe | Joyce Compton | Edmund Lowe | John Arledge | El Brendel | Howard Phillips | Kendall McComas | Jesse De Vorska | Manya Roberti