The Spider

The Spider

Year: 1931

Runtime: 59 mins

Language: English

Directors: Kenneth MacKenna, William Cameron Menzies

CrimeActionRomanceMystery

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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