Genius at Work (1945)

USA, 1945
61m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono (RCA Sound System), English

An American comedy horror film directed by Leslie Goodwins.

Plot Summary

Two radio detective show actors cross swords with a villain known only as The Cobra and wind up in his torture chamber.

Credits

Crew

* = uncredited

Directed by: Leslie Goodwins
Copyright MCMXLVI [1946] RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents
Executive Producer: Sid Rogell
Produced by: Herman Schlom
Original Screen Play by: Robert E. Kent, Monte Brice
Director of Photography: Robert de Grasse
Edited by: Marvin Coil
Musical Director: C. Bakaleinikoff
Music by: Paul Sawtell *, Roy Webb *
Sound by: Richard Van Hessen, Roy Granville
Gowns by: Renié
Special Effects by: Vernon L. Walker
Art Directors: Albert S. D’Agostino, Ralph Berger

Cast
Wally Brown (Jerry Miles)
Alan Carney (Mike Strager)
Anne Jeffreys (Ellen Brent)
Lionel Atwill (Latimer Marsh/The Cobra)
Bela Lugosi (Stone)
Marc Cramer (Lt. Rick Campbell)
Ralph Dunn (Lt. Gilley)

Alternative Titles

Un asesino egocentric – Spain (television)
Un asesino egocéntrico – Spain
O Crime da Semana – Portugal
Gênios Fracassados – Brazil
Genius, Inc. – working title
Profanadores del éter – Mexico
The Master Minds – working title

Links

Remake of
The Nitwits (1935)
Super-Sleuth (1937)

See also
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

References

Periodicals

  • Castle of Frankenstein no.10 p.36
  • Kinematograph Weekly no.2076 (30 January 1947)
  • Monthly Film Bulletin v14 no.158 (February 1947) p.22
  • Motion Picture Herald v164 no.5 (3 August 1946)
  • Motion Picture Herald v164 no.6 (10 August 1946)
  • Today’s Cinema v68 no.5452 (28 January 1947)

Books

  • The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.92
  • Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008 by Bruce G. Hallenbeck pp.212 – credits
  • A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.179-180; 180
  • RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929-1956 by Michael R. Pitts p.123-126