A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's cousin who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf.
Acting
Lugosi somehow commits to every line like it's high Shakespeare.
Practical Effects
That ridiculous killer mask deserves its own fan club.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Bela Lugosi
Prof Leonide
George Zucco
Dr. Josef Van Ee
Nat Pendleton
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Molly Lamont
Laura Van Ee
Joyce Compton
Jane Cornell
Gladys Blake
Lilly Beth
Roland Varno
Ward Van Ee
Angelo Rossitto
Indigo
Douglas Fowley
Terry Lee
Stanley Andrews
Pathologist
Lee Bennett
Rene the Killer
Stanley Price
Autopsy Surgeon
Dorothy Christy
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the only color film Bela Lugosi ever starred in—though 'color' is generous; it's washed-out Cinecolor that makes everyone look seasick.
The film belongs to that glorious 1940s subgenre of 'Poverty Row' horrors, where studios cranked out Lugosi vehicles for double bills while he struggled with addiction and declining fame.
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