USA, 1941
59m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American science fiction/horror film directed by George Waggner.
Plot Summary
The only survivor of an electric train crash is experimented on by a biologist who conducts experiments with electricity and becomes completely resistant to electricity.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: George Waggner
Universal Pictures Company
Script: Joseph West
Original Story: Harry Essex, Sid Schwartz, Len Golos
Photography: Woody Bredell
Editor: Arthur Hilton
Sound Supervisor: Bernard B. Brown
Art Director: Jack Otterson
Cast
Lionel Atwill (Dr Paul Rigas)
Lon Chaney Jr (‘Dynamo’ Dan McCormick)
Anne Nagel (June Lawrence)
Frank Albertson (Mark Adams)
Samuel S. Hinds (Dr John Lawrence)
William Davidson (District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley)
Ben Taggart (Detective Sergeant Regan)
Connie Bergen (nurse)
Ivan Miller (doctor)
Chester Gan (Chinese boy)
George Meader (Dr Bruno)
Frank O’Connor (detective)
John Dilson (medical examiner)
Byron Foulger (2nd alienist)
References
Periodicals
- Favorite Westerns and Serial World no.32 (1989) p.19 – credits
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.8 no.93 (September 1941) p.114
- Motion Picture Herald vol.142 no.13 (29 March 1941) p.44
- Today’s Cinema vol.75 no.6076 (7 September 1950)
Books
- The Horror Factory by Bruce Dettman and Michael Bedford pp.84-86 – article
- Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory pp.185-186 – illustrated article
- Unsung Horrors by Eric McNaughton & Darrell Buxton (eds) pp.224-225 – illustrated review (by Martin Dollard)
