The Spider (1931) — action, crime, mystery film. Directed by William Cameron Menzies, Kenneth MacKenna. Starring Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, El Brendel, John Arledge. This page maps 10 characters and 10 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A magician and his clairvoyant assistant solve a theater murder using hypnosis and illusion.
Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance · 7/10 · 59 min · 1931
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.
