A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Cinematography
Rare early Technicolor—those greens and reds hit different in horror.
Acting
Lionel Atwill's measured madness vs. Lee Tracy's motor-mouth reporter.
Production
The morgue set—gloriously grimy pre-code production design.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Lionel Atwill
Dr. Jerry Xavier
Fay Wray
Joanne Xavier
Lee Tracy
Lee Taylor
Preston Foster
Dr. Wells
John Wray
Dr. Haines
Harry Beresford
Dr. Duke
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Dr. Rowitz
Leila Bennett
Mamie
Robert Warwick
Commissioner Stevens
Willard Robertson
Detective O'Halloran
Thomas E. Jackson
Daily World Editor
Harry Holman
Mike, Waterfront Policeman
Mae Busch
Cathouse Madame
Tom Dugan
Sheriff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the last horror film shot in two-strip Technicolor; the process was abandoned for being too expensive and limiting.
The 'Moon Killer' panic mirrors real 1930s media frenzies, with Lee Tracy's reporter embodying the era's ethically bankrupt journalism.
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