Directed by:
Lew LandersScreenplay:
David BoehmCinematography:
Charles J. StumarCast:
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware, Samuel S. Hinds, Spencer Charters, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe, Maidel Turner, Jonathan Hale, Arthur Hoyt (more)Plots(1)
Bela Lugosi is the brilliant but deranged surgeon who becomes obsessed with a beautiful dancer after saving her life. He must have her but first must deal with her fiance and father and plans to take care of them in his chamber of Edgar Allen Poe-inspired torture devices. To do the dirty work he enlists the aid of a wanted criminal (Karloff) whom he disfigures with the promise of restoring his features when the job is done. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Boris Karloff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/522/163522520_00c5a5.jpg)
Boris Karloff
UK
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
![Bela Lugosi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/667/168667384_3984vi.jpg)
Bela Lugosi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Lester Matthews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228283_c78ffc.jpg)
Lester Matthews
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
![Irene Ware](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/077/158077997_7fcbfe.jpg)
Irene Ware
USA
Best movies:
Chandu the Magician (1932)
The Raven (1935)
![Samuel S. Hinds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000094_943a1c.jpg)
Samuel S. Hinds
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
![Spencer Charters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559620_d5362f.jpg)
Spencer Charters
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
![Inez Courtney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/019/158019307_409eab.jpg)
Inez Courtney
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
The Raven (1935)
![Ian Wolfe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228284_eaf71d.jpg)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Maidel Turner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/109/160109066_ebbaf9.jpg)
Maidel Turner
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Love Is News (1937)
Show Boat (1936)
![Jonathan Hale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505223_080fdd.jpg)
Jonathan Hale
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
![Arthur Hoyt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098724_c45998.jpg)
Arthur Hoyt
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![Bud Osborne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/128/160128410_7d6b4c.jpg)
Bud Osborne
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Texas (1941)
Dodge City (1939)
Al Ferguson
Ireland
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Gaslight (1944)
East of Eden (1955)
![Walter Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330147_696397.jpg)
Walter Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
The Raven (1935)
June Gittelson
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Our Relations (1936)
Joe Haworth
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)