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The Spider (1931) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1931 · 59 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Kenneth MacKenna, William Cameron Menzies
- Starring
- Ward Bond, George E. Stone, Purnell Pratt, Lois Moran, Joyce Compton, Ruth Donnelly
Chatrand the Great, an illusionist with powers, performs in a theater when a hand with a spider‑ring fires a revolver as the lights go out. When they return a patron lies dead. Police seal the room, and Chatrand, aided by his assistant, uses magic to expose the killer, ending with a séance where figures hover above stage.
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