USA, 1940
62m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Nick Grindé.
Plot Summary
A doctor sentenced to death for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a blood donated by fellow inmates. He’s pardoned and released but the serum has turned him into a Jekyll-and-Hyde killer.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Nick Grindé
Copyright MCMXL [1940] by Columbia Pictures Corporation
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents
Produced by: Wallace MacDonald *
Screen Play by: Robert D. Andrews
Story by: Karl Brown, Robert D. Andrews
Assistant Director: Milton Carter *
Director of Photography: Benjamin Kline
Film Editor: Charles Nelson
Stock Music: Leigh Harline *, Ben Oakland *, George Parrish *, Karol Rathaus *, Gregory Stone *
Musical Director: Morris Stoloff
Sound Recordist: J.S. Westmoreland *
Western Electric Mirrorphonic Recording
Art Direction: Lionel Banks
Cast
Boris Karloff (Dr John Garth)
Evelyn Keyes (Martha Garth)
Bruce Bennett (Dr Paul Ames)
Edward Van Sloan (Dr Ralph Howard)
Ben Taggart (Warden Thompson)
Pedro de Cordoba (Victor Sondini)
Wright Kramer (George Wharton)
Bertram Marburgh (Stephen Barclay)
Don Beddoe (Captain McGraw)
Robert Fiske (District Attorney)
Kenneth MacDonald (Anson)
Frank Richards (Otto Krone)
Alternative Titles
Prima che m’impicchino – Italy
The Wizard of Death – working title
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.7 p.8
Books
- Boris Karloff: A Critical Account of His Screen, Stage, Radio, Television, and Recording Work by Scott Allen Nollen pp.205-210; 383
- The Columbia Checklist: The Feature Films, Cartoons, Serials and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures, 1922-1988 by Len D. Martin p.22
- Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982 by Michael R. Pitts pp.9-10
- A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.107-108; 112
- Fantastic Films of the Decades Volume 3: The 40s Part 1: 1940-43 by Wayne Kinsey pp.9-10 – illustrated article
- Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.32
- Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist by Donald C. Willis p.42 – credits
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.29 – credits
- Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 by Michael Benson p.136
