Directed by:
Douglas SirkScreenplay:
Ernst NeubachCinematography:
William H. DanielsComposer:
Michel MicheletCast:
George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Calleia, Alan Mowbray, George Zucco, Alan Napier, Tanis Chandler (more)Plots(1)
A serial killer in London lures young women into his clutches by posting ads in the personal columns of newspapers. After each murder he informs the police by means of a cryptic poem, earning himself the tag the 'Poet Killer'. But when the poet killer murders a dancer her best friend decides to assist the police by answering one of his ads. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![George Sanders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/848/162848201_7fbf7b.png)
George Sanders
Russian Empire
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Love Is News (1937)
Rebecca (1940)
![Lucille Ball](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/572/162572915_d87a84.jpg)
Lucille Ball
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Top Hat (1935)
Stage Door (1937)
![Charles Coburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349830_e89eb8.png)
Charles Coburn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Kings Row (1942)
![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)
![Cedric Hardwicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/621/162621796_89038e.jpg)
Cedric Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Rope (1948)
Richard III (1955)
![Joseph Calleia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505243_1f86d0.jpg)
Joseph Calleia
Malta
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Gilda (1946)
![Alan Mowbray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172594_fa5b21.jpg)
Alan Mowbray
UK
Best movies:
Desire (1936)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The King and I (1956)
![George Zucco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/188/160188555_cf7af8.jpg)
George Zucco
UK
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
![Alan Napier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871834_6a4857.jpg)
Alan Napier
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Madame Curie (1943)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
![Tanis Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/426/161426287_06be7c.jpg)
Tanis Chandler
France
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Lured (1947)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
![Jack Chefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482546_09841b.jpg)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
![Ethan Laidlaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/310/161310716_1cb01f.jpg)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
![Charles Coleman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/086/160086404_66ec77.jpg)
Charles Coleman
Australia
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Love Is News (1937)
![Dorothy Vaughan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893450_70195d.jpg)
Dorothy Vaughan
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)