USA, 1944
61m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Reginald Le Borg.
Plot Summary
Paula the ape woman has survived and has been incarcerated in an asylum run by Dr Fletcher. But despite Fletcher's best efforts to help her, Paula can't always contain the primitive urges that threaten to overwhelm her.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Reginald Le Borg
Copyright MCMXLIV [1944] by Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Production Company: Universal presents a Universal picture
Associate Producer: Will Cowan
Screenplay by: Bernard Schubert, Henry Sucher, Edward Dein
Original Story by: Henry Sucher
Dialogue Director: Emory Horger
Director of Photography: Jack MacKenzie
Film Editor: Ray Snyder
Musical Director: Paul Sawtell
Stock Music: Ralph Freed *, Richard Hageman *, Hans J. Salter *, Frank Skinner *, Paul Van Loan *
Director of Sound: Bernard B. Brown
Technician: Jess Moulin
Dialogue Editor: Emory Horger *
Western Electric Recording
Gowns: Vera West
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Abraham Grossman
Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman, E.R. Robinson
We hereby make grateful acknowledgment to Mr Clyde Beatty for his cooperation and inimitable talent in staging the thrilling animal sequences in this picture
Cast
Evelyn Ankers (Beth)
J. Carrol Naish (Dr Fletcher)
Samuel S. Hinds (coroner)
Lois Collier (Jean Fletcher)
Milburn Stone (Fred Mason)
Douglass Dumbrille (district attorney)
Acquanetta (Paula)
Richard Davis (Bob Whitney)
Nana Bryant (Miss Gray)
Pierre Watkin (Dr Meredith)
Christian Rub (George)
Alec Craig (caretaker)
Edward M. Hyans Jr (Willie)
Richard Powers [real name: Tom Keene] (Joe)
Alternative Titles
Das Geheimnis des Dr Fletcher – Austria
Links
Sequel to
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Sequel
The Jungle Captive (1945)
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.11 p.43
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.85
- Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.246
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.209
- The Horror Factory by Bruce Dettman and Michael Bedford pp.130-132 – article
- John Carradine: The Films by Tom Weaver p.371
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.237 – credits
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.71-72
- Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946 (2nd edition) by Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas and John Brunas pp.411-416 – illustrated credits, article
- Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory p.157 – illustrated article
- Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 by Michael Benson p.156
- The Werewolf Filmography by Bryan Senn p.364
